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More than half of the states in the US plan to start reopening by the end of the week, but the vast majority of the country is not meeting even relatively basic standards when it comes to testing for the coronavirus.
The Associated Press published an analysis over the weekend that found just 10 states were conducting the amount of testing experts say is needed to stay on top of the pandemic.
High levels of testing are necessary to spot pockets of infections and contain them before they spread. For this to work, people who don't show symptoms need to be tested too, since they can still carry and spread the virus.
The federal government has shied away from issuing definitive testing standards for a state to reopen, which it says should be left to them.
It has floated a less official ballpark figure, however, and scientists at Harvard also set a different standard, which the AP used to measure the testing regimes of each state. Only 10 passed on both counts, and 19 failed on both.
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Overall, just 10 states meet both the federal and Harvard testing minimums. They are North Dakota, New Mexico, Alaska, West Virginia, Utah, Idaho, Tennessee, Alabama, Arkansas, and Delaware.
https://news.yahoo.com/while-most-us-starting-reopen-112401743.html
onecaliberal
(32,861 posts)My county in California cant even test those who have it.
Stuart G
(38,427 posts)Proud Liberal Dem
(24,412 posts)Overall, just 10 states meet both the federal and Harvard testing minimums. They are North Dakota, New Mexico, Alaska, West Virginia, Utah, Idaho, Tennessee, Alabama, Arkansas, and Delaware.
North Dakota - Doug Burgum, Republican
New Mexico - Michelle Lujan Grisham, Democrat
Alaska - Mike Dunleavy, Republican
West Virginia - Jim Justice, Republican
Utah - Gary Herbert, Republican
Idaho - Brad Little, Republican
Tennessee - Bill Lee, Republican
Alabama - Kay Ivey, Republican
Arkansas - Asa Hutchinson, Republican
Delaware - John Carney, Democrat
onecaliberal
(32,861 posts)I my rural minority city in California, you cant get a test even if you have it. I guess the Governor is satisfied with 25,000 tests a day in a 34 million person state because were starting to open up on Friday.
Bernardo de La Paz
(49,001 posts)MuseRider
(34,109 posts)We lack a lot of what is needed and our numbers are beginning to rise quite a bit more than before. I have a note for a phone conversation about getting a test, I have rotten lungs and have had a few symptoms but I think I will wait and let others have the tests. I do not feel bad enough to have it I do not think.
Supposedly we are getting a lot of test kits soon but where are they from? Are they good kits? This has to be the biggest fuck up in the history of the world as far as a leader caring for their country with a warning of what was coming. We are never going to know when it is safe, what numbers we have had and what we did wrong since even our tests and reporting methods are unreliable.
uponit7771
(90,339 posts)... outline for what testing was asinine.