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Topic: Coronavirus Testing

A health worker takes a swab sample from a woman at a rapid coronavirus testing station (STR/AFP via Getty Images)

How rapid tests could bring back normal

Nicole Karlis
US President Donald Trump tours a Honeywell International Inc. factory producing N95 masks during his first trip since widespread COVID-19 related lockdowns went into effect May 5, 2020, in Phoenix, Arizona. (BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images)

"The Apprentice: COVID" is a flop

Amanda Marcotte
Maryland Governor Larry Hogan and First Lady Yumi Hogan welcome a Korean Air passenger plane carrying a load of COVID-19 test kits on Saturday, April 18. (Office of the Governor)

Larry Hogan's fake #resistance

Pete Tucker - FAIR
Testing for COVID-19 in Florida | Donald Trump

Trump: Tests make us "look bad"

Dan Froomkin - Press Watch
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Donald Trump | Chart of daily COVID-19 tests per thousand people in the United States of America (AP Photo/COVID Tracking Project/Our World in Data/Salon)

Here's what Trump should be doing

Dan Froomkin - Press Watch
Donald Trump (AP Photo/Getty Images/Salon)

It's obvious: Trump doesn't want testing

Amanda Marcotte
A health worker conducts COVID-19 tests at a drive-thru coronavirus testing site (AP Photo/John Raoux)

The virus test supply chain is broken

Nicole Karlis
In this Thursday, Nov. 10, 2016 photo, Dr. Sherif Zaki adjusts a microscope at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta. On Monday, Dec. 5, 2016, the nation's top public health agency issued a frank assessment of its recent battles against prioritized health problems, finding progress in some areas but backslide in others. Despite the mixed grades in the CDC’s report card on itself, some experts applauded CDC efforts, saying the agency had only limited abilities to prevent illness or stop people from doing things that hurt their own health. (AP Photo/Branden Camp) (AP)

COVID-19 testing will haunt the nation

Rachana Pradhan - KFF Health News
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Donald Trump (Getty Images/Saul Loeb/Salon)

Is Trump coverage finally getting real?

Dan Froomkin - Press Watch
A disinfectant hand sanitizer is seen at United Nations Headquarters after it closed to the public "out of an abundance of caution" because of the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in New York, United States on March 11, 2020. (Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

US may have failed to contain COVID-19

Nicole Karlis
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