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is Scientific Americans 60 Second Science. I'm Steve Mursky.

We have more cases than anybody in the world,

but why? Because we do more testing. When you

test you have a case. When you test you find something is wrong with people. If

we didn't do any testing we would have very few cases. The logic is unassailable as writer

Quinn Cummings tweeted almost immediately after the president's remarks

remember kids you don't want a baby, stay away from pregnancy tests. But think about

what this no testing idea could really mean. Have you had a colonoscopy? I have. Have you had a mammogram? I have not, but I hear they're pretty rough.

So think about what we could do to cut colon and breast cancer cases by simply doing away what those tests.

And think of all the poor children who are tested for various conditions,

especially the newborns and their genetic tests.

Why put the little tykes through it?

And have you considered the impact on sports?

I mean, without testing for performance enhancing drugs, if baseball has ever played again, the records could just be demolished.

And what kind of an Olympics could we have without testing for drugs, swimming records, track and field records,

these would just be absolutely decimated. It would be a wonder to behold, but anything wind-aided would still be disqualified because, hey, rules are rules. And obviously, if we stop testing for the levels of

carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, there won't be any noticeable increase in the levels of

carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, and need I even mention the annoying interruptions

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