Testing, Reopening Schools, Vaccines: Fauci And Others Testify
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🗓️ 12 May 2020
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| 0:00.0 | This week, the president said the United States had prevailed. |
| 0:03.9 | We have met the moment and we have prevailed. |
| 0:07.2 | On testing. |
| 0:08.1 | We certainly have done a great job on testing and testing is a big, is a very big, important function. |
| 0:14.0 | But in a Senate hearing today, a top Trump administration official suggested |
| 0:18.7 | So by September, there's still a lot of work to do. |
| 0:21.4 | We project that our nation will be capable of performing at least 40 to 50 million tests |
| 0:26.8 | per month if needed at that time. |
| 0:29.4 | Last week, the U.S. conducted around 2 million tests. |
| 0:33.3 | And while the government pledges more money to help states with testing, |
| 0:37.2 | many are still very far short of where experts say they need to be. |
| 0:41.8 | Coming up, Dr. Anthony Fauci, on returning to work in school, |
| 0:45.7 | and what one state is doing to hire an army of contact tracers. |
| 0:50.4 | This is coronavirus daily from NPR. I'm Kelly McEvers. It is Tuesday, May 12th. |
| 0:59.4 | Tuesday's Senate hearing was a little different. |
| 1:05.2 | Committee on Public Education, Labor and Pensions will please come to order first and |
| 1:10.0 | address officials, including Dr. Anthony Fauci. |
| 1:12.6 | Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman, ranking member Murray, |
| 1:15.2 | the committee's chair, Senator Lamar Alexander, |
| 1:18.0 | thank you, Dr. Fauci, Dr. Redfield, |
| 1:21.0 | and CDC Director Robert Redfield. |
| 1:23.4 | Good morning, Chairman Alexander and ranking member. |
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