The State of Testing

The Daily

The New York Times

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4.4 • 102.8K Ratings

🗓️ 28 April 2020

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

Across the United States, governors are weighing the difficult question of when, and how, to begin to lift lockdown restrictions. Without federal coordination, some are looking abroad to see what has worked in countries like New Zealand, Australia and South Korea, which have effectively controlled the spread of the virus. The answer? Widespread testing. Guest: Katie Thomas, a business reporter covering the health care industry for The Times. For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily. Background reading: How flawed diagnostic tests, scarce supplies and limited access to screening have hurt the United States’ ability to monitor Covid-19.Antibody tests have been hailed as a way to identify a person’s immunity to the virus and reopen the economy. But when a team of scientists worked around the clock to evaluate 14 antibody tests, only a few worked as advertised.

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0:26.0	Everybody wants to reopen.
0:32.9	So how do you actually do that intelligently when you have to test?
0:46.4	From the New York Times, unlike a borough, this is the daily, today.
0:52.6	As governors across the country, debate when and how to reopen their economies.
0:58.3	We are nowhere near where we need to be with testing supplies.
1:01.6	Yeah, look, we're nowhere near where we need to be on testing.
1:05.0	Let's just be straight with folks.
1:07.3	No, our testing is increasing, but it's not increasing nearly fast enough.
1:11.8	They say that the single biggest impediment is their inability to measure and monitor
1:18.3	infection rates in their communities.
1:21.1	We've been fighting for testing.
1:22.8	We need to be doing robust testing in order to really assess when and how it's safe to
1:27.8	resume life.
1:30.0	Katie Thomas on the state of testing.
1:35.0	It's Tuesday, April 28th.
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