Why are Lot of people in US turned away from Covid-19 testing?

Question

I see on the Johns Hopkins covid-19 dashboard that China has 80k infections and ~3k deaths. Italy has 35k infections and ~3k deaths!! One tested/acted early and swiftly and the other didn&rsquo;t. Meanwhile US is still not testing rapidly or moving swiftly. What are the possible outcomes here Given the best idea the govt leadership has here to give money to people. Is this more of a election win strategy than actually solving the problem?

severine · Accepted Answer

Testing is going to be the source of many scandals. The only group consistently or frequently tested around here (Spain) is politicians. It's also the less transparently talked about issue.The maps they (we!) are drawing and looking at might be very misleading.

keiferski · Answer

Relying on the information coming out of China seems unwise, especially the day after they expelled American journalists. I would be very skeptical.https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/17/business/media/china-expe...

Why are Lot of people in US turned away from Covid-19 testing?

Testing is going to be the source of many scandals. The only group consistently or frequently tested around here (Spain) is politicians. It's also the less transparently talked about issue.
The maps they (we!) are drawing and looking at might be very misleading.

Relying on the information coming out of China seems unwise, especially the day after they expelled American journalists. I would be very skeptical.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/17/business/media/china-expe...