ADHe has also focused on the optics, noting that more testing would probably lead to increases in the official count of infected Americans. “In a way, by doing all of this testing we make ourselves look bad,” Trump said last week. Two White House aides recently tested positive for the virus, which Trump has pointed to as evidence that testing is not worthwhile. “The United States has done more than double the number of tests of any country in the world,” he said. Researchers at Harvard University have said the United States would need to conduct about 5 million tests a day by June — and 20 million a day by July — to safely return to normal life.

Source: Washington Post May 11, 2020 16:41 UTC