At this point, testing has no purpose other than to count cases. That is, it won’t help people recover, nor will it prevent people from getting sick. “Contact tracing and other fundamental infection control measures” sounds remarking like tracking every American and continuing a perpetual lockdown.
The Trump administration, meanwhile, understands that the country needs to get to work again. A full-blown depression, complete with stress-related diseases, suicide, substance abuse, and crime, will kill more people than the Wuhan virus ever could. While the CDC is focusing on one narrow issue, the Trump administration is looking at the big picture.
In an interview with one Heritage Foundation statistician I heard on the radio via the Kevin McCulloagh show, I learned that:
* The USA has a little over 3,000 counties
* Of these counties, 52% have ZERO Covid-19 cases
* Another 14% have had one Covid-19 case, all recovered
* Another 14% have had two Covid-19 cases,all recovered
* A third of cases and deaths in the USA are found in New York City and surrounding suburbs plus New Jersey, a significant number of them clustered in Nursing Homes and Poorer areas of the states.
* Latest antibody tests shows that about 25% of New Yorkers have the Coronavirus antibodies with 43% in the poorer area of the Bronx already having the antibodies.
sounds remarking like tracking every American and continuing a perpetual lockdown.
Good point and EXACTLY the message and plan, at least until they unseat Trump.
UNKO the media constantly blames Trump for whatever he does. Did anyone of them EVER see any other president personally take charge of such a national security concern. Probably not since George Washington went out and put down the Whiskey Rebellion. Direction by proxy to avoid blame is not an option here.