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More testing != useful testing. The fact that Georgia and Oregon are testing at virtually equivalent rates is what's wrong. I feel like ~50/day is an appropri
by ethbro 7y ago
More testing != useful testing.
The fact that Georgia and Oregon are testing at virtually equivalent rates is what's wrong.
I feel like ~50/day is an appropriate number for GA. I feel like ~50/day is not an appropriate number for Oregon (sandwiched in-between Washington and California).
The federal goverent should be doing a stronger job of quarterbacking this to allocate scarce resources.
If Oregon needs surge capacity of testing labs across the Midwest, then by god make that happen.
Some amount of testing likely needs to happen in every state in order to prevent panic, but the most resources should flow towards the places with the most known infections.
- davidw 7y agoThis is a decent article explaining how things have gone wrong in various ways: https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/what-went-wrong-with-the-coronavirus-tests/2020/03/07/915f5dea-5d82-11ea-b29b-9db42f7803a7_story.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/what-went-wrong-with-t...