Federal government to scale back testing support even as hospitalizations reach new highs

[PA Democrat]

Looks like the idiot is following through on his threat to cut testing

By
Teo Armus, Katie Shepherd, Jennifer Hassan and Rick Noack

June 24, 2020 at 7:20 a.m. EDT

New coronavirus cases continued to rise in many parts of the United States, as seven states — Arizona, Arkansas, California, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Texas — reported record-high numbers of hospitalizations since the pandemic began. Thirty-three states and U.S. territories reported a higher rolling average than last week. Even as case numbers climb, the federal government is poised to stop providing federal aid to testing sites in some hard-hit states, including Texas, where new cases have spiked sharply in recent weeks.

President Trump said Saturday he told officials to “slow down” testing to lower the number of newly reported coronavirus cases in the country. While his team initially claimed that the statement was a joke, Trump contradicted that claim Tuesday, saying, “I don’t kid.” But top public health experts testifying before Congress on Tuesday denied having been told to scale back testing and reiterated the importance of continuing widespread screenings to hamper the spread of the virus.

China, meanwhile, revealed that it has tested at least 90 million people, more than three times the number tested in the United States according to Trump.

Since the start of the pandemic, the United States has recorded more than 2.3 million coronavirus cases and at least 119,000 deaths, while the global number of cases has soared past 9 million.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/06/24/coronavirus-live-updates-us/

[Cracklin Charlie]

1. How many must die...

To protect this asshole’s fragile ego?

[dalton99a]

2. Kick

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