“We need to have testing as close to the population as possible,” he said. “We’re going to see what I call the popcorn effect, showing up here and there, because of return travelers. Now that the testing got expanded, I’m hoping and praying it’s just in time in the sense that the test kits will be there, up and ready, where there’s a need for more.”
(End of the story, from the link)
Apparently, we will see new results, this week?
cba123 wrote:
““We need to have testing as close to the population as possible,” he said. “We’re going to see what I call the popcorn effect, showing up here and there, because of return travelers. Now that the testing got expanded, I’m hoping and praying it’s just in time in the sense that the test kits will be there, up and ready, where there’s a need for more.”
(End of the story, from the link)
Apparently, we will see new results, this week?”
From the article:
“...Scott Becker, CEO of the Association of Public Health Laboratories, which represents the 100 local and state public health laboratories qualified by the CDC to do this type of testing. ...”
That is who is quoted in your post; he’s got a vested interest....
As the number of labs able to do the tests expands from 12 on Wednesday to 40 by Friday and over 90 next week and more tests are done, we will discover more cases of COVID-19 infection. Don’t be alarmed as the number of documented cases jumps next week. It will just be a result of more testing.
There are about 8,000 people in the US who are doing self-quarantine. At least half of them have not been tested. Meanwhile, take your vitamin C and D regularly, and wash your hands regularly including when you first get home.