I wonder if NBC realizes they published an article that pretty much parrots the GOP’s position on the ills of big government control of everything?
“As of March 11th, the US trailed most of the developed world in tests administered” -
The author’s use of data that is 7 days old betrays that this is a “hit piece” designed to unfairly criticize US testing progress rather than provide readers with information. In the last week the number of tests administered has risen from about 3,000 to at least 58,000. The data below is also too low because California last reported the number of tests administered (including “negatives”) on March 15th, and several other states are not reporting “negatives” at all. Also most states are not collecting or reporting information on tests administered at private labs, e.g. Quest Diagnostics. Also, the author ignores the highly relevant fact that the outbreak BEGAN LATER in the US, so obviously we would be “behind” in testing. Good Grief!
https://covidtracking.com/data/
That’s OK. It looks like nobody here actually read the article anyway, Judging by their comments.