Bill Gates says Asia's testing and contact tracing ability is far better than that of the US. 'Our system fails to have the prioritization that would give us an accurate picture of what is going on,' he says. CNNTownHall
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Dr. Chris Murray, who leads the team that did the modeling at the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington, told CNN's global town hall that the number has gone up"because we've seen these protracted peaks in some place," citing New York City as an example.
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