Weill Cornell’s Dr Matt McCarthy: “At one of the busiest hospitals in the country, I don’t have (a test) at my fingertips. I still have to call the Dept of Health, make my case, plead to test people.” #COVID19
McCarthy: The message today we’re hearing from the administration is the risk is low. “That’s simply not true. There are going to be thousands of cases here. We’ve already moved from containment to mitigation. There’s going to be widespread disruption to daily life.” #COVID19
McCarthy on @SquawkCNBC: “Do not believe the false reassurance. I’m telling you, the cases are about to surge.” Going by data out of South Korea, suggests mortality rate 0.2-0.4%. @ScottGottliebMD notes Diamond Princess fatality rate appears >1%, noting older population #COVID19
McCarthy on @SquawkCNBC: We’ve seen one case in New York. I bet there are hundreds. We’re going to see thousands by next week. @ScottGottliebMD: We’ll be at 20k tests per day as we bring on academic labs, which will make it a lot easier for physicians to order tests #COVID19
.@ScottGottliebMD on @SquawkCNBC: “We lost about 3 critical weeks” as CDC test failed, academic and commercial testing wasn’t stood up in US #COVID19
