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The latest word from the CDC is that they’ve run 3,625 tests and that the testing capacity should double soon.

• makomk 7y ago
  Yeah, I think the actual answer is that the number of tests on that page is not even remotely up to date, and the CDC has more important issues on its plate than updating it. As I understand it the UK testing criteria are very similar to the CDC's and also require travel to an affected country or contact with a confirmed case: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/wuhan-novel-coronavirus-initial-investigation-of-possible-cases/investigation-and-initial-clinical-management-of-possible-cases-of-wuhan-novel-coronavirus-wn-cov-infection https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/wuhan-novel-coron... The government here is just starting to roll out more general testing of the population to selected cities, but so is the CDC over in the US, and in both cases it's intended more to detect widespread spreading than to catch every individual case.
  • avindroth 7y ago
    Why would it not be in CDC's interest to update the number of tests?
    • makomk 7y ago
      It's just probably not the most important thing to keep it continously updated on their website. The actual numbers aren't a secret or anything; there's a more up-to-date figure in the MMWR report on their website a couple of days ago, as well as the one just announced. (Though the MMWR figure only counts CDC tests, and apparently other laboratories have finally started carrying out their own tests in the US, including I believe some in California. That means there's probably not a single definite, up-to-date total for the number of tests anymore.)