One word for why this red tape, though unpalatable in time of a crisis, is necessary: Theranos
This is the thing we should all be angry about - “The availability of testing for coronavirus remains uneven, with some people able to easily obtain tests in certain parts of the country while others have been turned away.”
How many people are presenting symptoms but being turned away or denied testing because they are not “high risk”? I’ve heard several such stories in DC, and surely there are others in places where it has spread.
This lack of data collection means we can’t fully grasp the problem nor control it, thus endangering each and everyone of us in the US and the world at large.
