We can't reopen the country until we actually start testing people.
, the U.S. is only in phase one — social distancing — which only helps slow the spread of the virus. Experts say that we can only move into the reopening phase when the “capacity exists in the state to test all people with COVID-19 symptoms, along with state capacity to conduct active monitoring of all confirmed cases and their contacts.” The experts in the study also suggest that the entire country would need to be running 750,000 tests a week to truly make a case for reopening the country.
that we also need to be testing for antibodies, which will allow a person to know if they already had COVID-19, were unaware, and have since recovered, stating that we could “preferentially allow those who are antibody positive and no longer infectious to return to work first. The point is, though, that we are nowhere even near accomplishing any of these criteria. Opening up before then will be met with a resurgence of the virus.
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