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That's likely false information. China had a severe limitation on testing kits through most of the upward surge in the virus outbreak. They have 20, 50, 100, 5
by adventured 7y ago
That's likely false information. China had a severe limitation on testing kits through most of the upward surge in the virus outbreak.
They have 20, 50, 100, 500 million test kits? No they do not. They're testing everyone? No they are not.
Why isn't the US testing everyone? There are nowhere near enough test kits to do it. There are not enough test kits to go around anywhere on the planet, not even remotely close.
- knzhou 7y agoRight now China can test 1.6 million a week, and now that they've gotten that capacity they barely need it. 1.6 million a week wouldn't be enough to screen everybody with a sniffle in the US, but it would get us most of the way.
- koheripbal 7y agoI dont know where you heard that number. It doesn't seem reasonably accurate.
- Fjolsvith 7y agoThis article gives that number: https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/02/united-states-badly-bungled-coronavirus-testing-things-may-soon-improve https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/02/united-states-badly-...