"#1 what have we learned, #2 what do we need to do, #3 what can we do to mitigate the effects of Covid-19? It's clear the current administration has ignored information to take appropriate action regarding covid 19. We need a national testing strategy. We need to make them available to everyone who needs them. We wrote a letter to the leadership in the house and senate to impress the need for robust testing and tracing. Health care exports say we're woefully short of the 30 million tests per week we need to avert a second covid-19 outbreak. Dr. Bright, what are the immediate steps we need to ramp up testing capacity, and what targets do we need to hold them accountable for."
"What's interesting that gets lost about the types of test is that there are multiple types of test that are needed. There are tests to see if you have the virus, there are tests to see if you have antibodies. Confusion right now is about which tests we need to distribute to achieve our goals.
There are a lot of confusion about the tests. So first things, we need to educate about the types of tests we need. Then we need to distribute these tests. We need to clarify this for the american public. It's not just A TEST, it's LOTS of tests"
"Why have we struggled to ramp up testing, were there contingencies?"
"Part of the sturggle is we waited too late. We allowed many of our capabilities to be offshored. We have many capabliites in our country in the us, but if our supply chain is offshore, in a global need for supplies, it compromises our ability to provide these tests."
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