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We're Being Tested

Science Quickly

Scientific American

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4.2639 Ratings

🗓️ 15 May 2020

⏱️ 3 minutes

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President Trump pointed out yesterday that if we didn't do any testing for the virus we would have very few cases, which forces us to confront the issues posed by testing in general. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Understanding the human body is a team effort. That's where the Yachtel group comes in.

0:05.8

Researchers at Yachtolt have been delving into the secrets of probiotics for 90 years.

0:11.0

Yacold also partners with nature portfolio to advance gut microbiome science through the global grants for gut health, an investigator-led research program.

0:19.6

To learn more about Yachtolt, visit yawcult.co.com.j, that's Y-A-K-U-L-T-C-O-J-P.

0:28.4

When it comes to a guide for your gut, count on YacL.

0:33.5

This is Scientific Americans' 60-second science. I'm Steve Merski.

0:38.7

We have more cases than anybody in the world. But why? Because we do more testing. When you test, you have a case.

0:46.0

When you test, you find something is wrong with people. If we didn't do any testing, we would have very few cases.

0:52.5

The logic is unassailable. As writer Quinn Cummings

0:56.9

tweeted almost immediately after the president's remarks, remember kids, you don't want a baby,

1:02.5

stay away from pregnancy tests. But think about what this no testing idea could really mean. Have you

1:09.6

had a colonoscopy? I have. Have you had a mammogram? I have not,

1:14.9

but I hear they're pretty rough. So think about what we could do to cut colon and breast cancer

1:22.5

cases by simply doing away what those tests. And think of all the poor children who are tested for

1:29.6

various conditions, especially the newborns and their genetic tests. Why put the little

1:36.0

tikes through it? And have you considered the impact on sports? I mean, without testing for

1:43.5

performance-enhancing drugs, if baseball has ever played

1:46.9

again, the records could just be demolished. And what kind of an Olympics could we have without

1:55.2

testing for drugs, swimming records, track and field records? these would just be absolutely decimated.

2:03.4

It would be a wonder to behold.

2:06.2

But anything wind-aided would still be disqualified because, hey, rules are rules.

2:12.7

And obviously, if we stop testing for the levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere,

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