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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHere we go...feds pulling out of Dallas' testing centers
We havent even plateaued.
Looks like its the start of Trumps stop testing mentality.
https://www.dallasnews.com/news/public-health/2020/05/11/dallas-county-reports-253-new-coronavirus-cases-tying-its-single-day-high/?fbclid=IwAR1TJvYiGQLScVewug1Y2NAPsvBU0jUQWc7OGgD-MjQTN09fhpLE3iqZCGw
The federal government plans to pull COVID-19 tests from two Dallas sites by the end of the month, Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins said Monday. The move could close the two largest testing sites and the county would lose 1,000 tests a day.
Jenkins said hes trying to negotiate an extension. Hell have backing from Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson, who is preparing a statement with the county to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and Federal Emergency Management Agency, said Tristan Hallman, a spokesman for the mayor.
The extension wouldnt be the first for the county, but Jenkins isnt sure another will be granted.
Pulling the tests isnt a sign that case numbers are declining but an indication that the feds are getting out of testing, he said.
onecaliberal
(32,777 posts)Except Fauci.
42bambi
(1,753 posts)what we previously knew ... and, that Fauci solidified his positions.
onecaliberal
(32,777 posts)States desperately needing to test which is basically everyone are going to see a month down the road that we are all fucked because the feds are incapable of doing anything. We only need to look as far as Dallas. The feds are ENDING testing there when supposedly theyre ramping up tests everywhere.
Repukes gave away their hand already saying there isnt enough money. There is only money for corporations. Programs and working people didnt get jack shit.
When schools open back up its going to get REALLY BAD.
rainbow4321
(9,974 posts)Per another Dallas Morning News article today.
😭😡🤯
JCMach1
(27,553 posts)Currently around 250 per day