U.S.' Pence: enough testing available to let states reopen if meet other criteria

 

U.S. Vice President Mike Pence speaks during the daily coronavirus disease (COVID-19) task force briefing at the White House in Washington, U.S., April 19, 2020. REUTERS/Al Drago

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Vice President Mike Pence said Sunday the United States has enough testing nationwide to allow any state to start lifting lockdown orders forced by the coronavirus, if they have met other criteria.

 

"We believe we have the testing today around the country, that would allow any state in America to move to phase one (of the recovery plan) if they have met the other criteria," Pence said at a briefing. Those criteria include 14 days of declines in infections and enough hospital capacity to treat everyone who gets sick, he said.

 

(Reporting by Susan Cornwell; Editing by Cynthia Osterman)

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2020-04-20

 

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Anything put forth by this administration I take with a grain of salt (to put it mildly)

From another article on TV today

 

“Republican Governor Larry Hogan of Maryland during a CNN interview said claims by Trump and Vice President Mike Pence that states have plenty of tests were "just absolutely false."

 

Democratic Governor Ralph Northam of Virginia told CNN the idea states have enough tests was "delusional."

 

 

Good Luck, Mr. Pence! Are you going for an unbreakable death toll record?

So this guy pense does actually speak, I was thinking it was a wax dummy.

7 hours ago, Tug said:

Anything put forth by this administration I take with a grain of salt (to put it mildly)

Make sure you have the salt checked before though......

He’s being set up to take the fall if it comes back.

3 minutes ago, rhyddid said:

What a clowns parade, the boss incite rebellion, the deputy try to amend promising c19 test, which a good 60% of US population can not afford due the lack of cash and no med insurance.

Plus lack of availability, see governors statements.

Some troll posts have been removed. 

lCurrently priority is being given to health care workers, first-responders and those over the age of 65 with symptoms in Palm Beach Florida, my home city.  So I don't think testing is very wide ranging.  Similar things here in New Jersey where I am working.  To get tested, one has to get a note from their doctor, be in the risk group and supposedly assert you came in contact with somebody with the virus.  Well, few people know who had the virus as they do not release that information.

 

Testing process is suspect

13 hours ago, scorecard said:

So this guy pense does actually speak, I was thinking it was a wax dummy.

He’s not wax ????

You can't test without the supplies to conduct the tests but these people are so brain dead they cannot understand that

 

3 different people saying the exact opposite things.  Trump, Pence, and the governors, here read all the gory details:

 

  https://edition.cnn.com/2020/04/20/politics/mike-pence-governors-call-coronavirus-testing-supplies/index.html