Dr. Deborah Birx said that the White House coronavirus task force is missing 50% of the data for coronavirus tests that have been conducted
Birx, one of the top officials on the White House's coronavirus task force, said Thursday that part of the $2 trillion economic stimulus measure that was signed into law by President Donald Trump requires that all tests conducted get reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. But Birx says she has not received that data yet."Well, I'm telling you, I'm still missing 50% of the data from reporting," she said."I have 660 tests reported in.
Governors in both red and blue states have also pushed back on the federal government's often-rosy assessment of the state of national testing efforts. The New York Times reported Monday that Trump said on a call with governors,"I haven't heard about testing in weeks," and"I haven't heard about testing being a problem" in response to a comment by Montana Gov. Steve Bullock, a Democrat, who said states lack adequate tests.
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