A Failure on Every Level

This is BEYOND infuriating.

TRUMP SAYS WIDESPREAD CORONAVIRUS TESTING 'WOULD NEVER HAPPEN' AND ISN'T NEEDED TO REOPEN COUNTRY

BY ANDREW FEINBERG at Newsweek ON 4/9/20 AT 8:26 PM

President Donald Trump on Thursday said a widespread COVID-19 testing program to assess whether workers can safely return to their workplaces is "never going to happen" in the United States.

As he addressed reporters during the daily White House Coronavirus Task Force briefing, Trump touted the fact that 2 million Americans had been tested for the virus as a "milestone" in the U.S. fight against the global pandemic caused by SARS-Cov-2.

The 2 million tests that have been administered so far represents a high water mark after weeks of problems in obtaining and administering tests caused by the Trump administration's rejection of a test developed by the World Health Organization. However, that number means only .61 percent of the 330 million U.S. population has been tested for COVID-19.

Every Single Fucking Expert says we utterly, entirely, and with 100% certainty will NEVER be able to return to normal until we have enacted widespread testing to know how who has it, and, just as importantly, who does not. IT'S THE MOST BASIC THING IMAGINABLE. Let's be clear. This asshole is saying what Italy did, what South Korea did . . . we're not capable of it. "Can't be done." I don't get all flag-wavey and patriotic all that often, but that is the most "un-American" attitude I can imagine: "We're not capable. We can't do it."