After blocking hospitals and labs from testing for weeks, DT takes credit for their work.

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4. The big problem is that there will be enormous variation across the country.

There will be states and jurisdictions that that set up effective programs for tracing and testing, but I fear "doing the right thing" will be far from universal.

Here in Washington things are moving forward. We have a pop of about 7.5 million. UW has the capacity to process about 1500 per day. Sample collection capacity may be what limits for awhile. Bill and Melinda Gates foundation is working to launch a home testing program for residents of Seattle, so the most densely populated area will be well served.

As of March 2, South Korea had tested about 2100 per million. I think we'll see Washington meet and surpass that number in the next couple weeks.

I am not so confident about capacity or the political will to make it happen in a lot of our other states.