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Right now, all of the experts point to 10,000 tests to the standard that we need to achieve, he said in prepared remarks on Sunday afternoon.
Again, I want to be frank with you, he continued. Where we are now is not where I want to be. Every day we arent hitting 10,000 tests or more is a day we are not able to get answers to get past this current crisis. And to be clear, the loss of essentially the entire month of February in the effort to scale up robust testing and the exponential spread that followed was a profound failure of the federal government.
He explained that since then, state leaders had done everything they can to try and make up for the failure at the federal level. When comparing the U.S. to other countries, he said that those countries are, per capita, far more ahead of the United States.
But the most frustrating part of this gap is that its not just in the past, he said. The White House has promised millions of tests for weeks now, and theyre just not here. To be clear, I also welcome the testing capacity when it actually arrives. But Im not going to wait on promises from the federal government that may never be fulfilled. We need this testing capacity now. So, were building it ourselves in Illinois.
https://www.rawstory.com/2020/03/illinois-governor-says-hes-taking-over-testing-after-millions-of-tests-never-arrived-from-white-house/
ProfessorGAC
(65,134 posts)JB was pissed! The quote you snipped was said sternly, loudly, and assertively.
His tone of voice & body language reflected real anger & disgust.
Here's one real billionaire that isn't a friend of the pretender.
Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)a fake billionaire to F-off,I have this because you lie.
mucifer
(23,558 posts)Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)Pritzker Family and the Superior Bank and Trust. Wonder if they hold the Trust Deed on Trumps POS Hotel?
Neema
(1,151 posts)originally supported Pawar and then later Biss. Of course I voted for him those because I'm dead set against the Republican party.
Now I fully admit he has completely impressed me. He's unflinching, he makes decisive moves, and he takes no shit from the orange mother fucker. Bravo JB!
ooky
(8,926 posts)go up another point by tomorrow?