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"We are just not making progress on testing," US expert says
From CNN Health’s Jen Christensen
To end the coronavirus pandemic, the US is either going to have to continue with extreme social distancing measures or do it with "ubiquitous" testing, according to Dr. Anish Jha, the director of the Harvard Global Health Initiative.
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"We are just not making progress on testing," US expert says
From CNN Health’s Jen Christensen
To end the coronavirus pandemic, the US is either going to have to continue with extreme social distancing measures or do it with "ubiquitous" testing, according to Dr. Anish Jha, the director of the Harvard Global Health Initiative.
Since the coronavirus is still so new, scientists are working overtime to generate new data to understand how it spreads. A recent study found one person at a restaurant spread the disease to others sitting at nearby tables."We have estimated we need at least three times as much testing as we have right now," Jha said said Wednesday on CNN’s Erin Burnett OutFront. "We have been flat for like three and a half weeks. We have made no progress.
"I haven’t met a single professional who doesn’t think we need a lot more testing and we’re just not making progress," he said. "It’s baffling, because the alternative is to stay shut down. That is not an alternative anybody likes."
Read more about what went wrong with US testing:"No one is going to go to restaurants if they think they’re going to get infected, so the only way to bring confidence back into our economy is to have widespread testing so we know there aren't a ton of infected people going into restaurants, going into coffee shops. This is how we open up our economy," Jha said.
“This choice between economy versus health has always been a false choice and the only way out of it is social distancing or testing. Those are our two choices.”
"I like testing better, as a better way to keep our economy going."
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