Here we go...feds pulling out of Dallas' testing centers [View all]
We haven’t even plateaued.
Looks like it’s the start of Trump’s 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 he’s trying to negotiate an extension. He’ll 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 wouldn’t be the first for the county, but Jenkins isn’t sure another will be granted.
Pulling the tests isn’t a sign that case numbers are declining but “an indication that the feds are getting out of testing,” he said.
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