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Message: [QUOTE="Bomber36, post: 3474991, member: 2881"] The United States is still lagging far behind on testing for coronavirus and it may be costing lives. As of Tuesday, the CDC reported that 8554 tests had been administered across the country. By comparison, the Washington Post reports, “[I]South Korea’s most effective weapon against the virus has been to rapidly expand testing. It is are now testing 15,000 people a day, according to [URL='https://m-en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20200310003055320']government figures[/URL]; 210,000 South Koreans have been tested since Jan. 3.”[/I] There are Many reasons for the lack of testing in the U.S. and plenty of blame to go around. [URL='https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/10/us/coronavirus-testing-delays.html?action=click&module=Spotlight&pgtype=Homepage']The New York Times writes[/URL]: The report cites an infectious disease expert in Seattle who asked for federal testing help back in January. Now fast forward 5-6 weeks later, [I]“Even now, after [URL='https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/06/health/testing-coronavirus.html']weeks of mounting frustration[/URL] toward federal agencies over flawed test kits and burdensome rules, states with growing cases such as [URL='https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/08/nyregion/coronavirus-newyork.html']New York[/URL] and California are struggling to test widely for the coronavirus.”[/I] [/QUOTE]