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Biden calls for sevenfold increase in testing as he details COVID-19 plan
Biden calls for sevenfold increase in testing as he details COVID-19 plan
By Peter Sullivan - 10/23/20 04:04 PM EDT
Democratic nominee Joe Biden on Friday called for a sevenfold increase in the country’s testing, as he laid out further plans for fighting the pandemic in a speech taking aim at President Trump.
Biden is making the worsening pandemic a central theme in the closing days of the election, after hammering Trump on it throughout the campaign. He followed up Thursday night’s debate with a speech on the coronavirus response in Delaware on Friday.
In putting forward some further details of his proposals to fight the virus, Biden called for a dramatic increase in the nation’s testing.
“I'll put a national testing plan in place with the goal of testing as many people each day as we're currently testing each week, a sevenfold increase,” Biden said Friday.
“There's a key difference in this campaign between Donald Trump and me: I believe in testing,” he added. “Donald Trump does not. I believe in science.”
“There's a key difference in this campaign between Donald Trump and me: I believe in testing,” he added. “Donald Trump does not. I believe in science.”
Biden also said if elected, he would call on the new Congress to put a bill with resources to fight the virus on his desk by the end of January, “to see how both our public health and our economic response can be seen through the end.”
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https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/522507-biden-calls-for-seven-fold-increase-in-testing-as-he-details-covid-plan
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we're about 8 months behind the 8 ball on testing. Thanks, Trump.
Biden laid out his plan yesterday at a presser, and it is pretty comprehensive. Testing is the up-front need, of course, but we alos need enforcement of quarantines and isolation orders along with the improvements in PPE supply and some help for healthcare workers.
