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The weird thing about this question and this answer is the US is already doing more than 750,000 tests a week. Trump apparently has no idea what's going on with testing. https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1248382200300457984
The catch is the AEI report the number is based on is meant to be a *minimum* of tests when there aren't major outbreaks. Obviously, the US is not in that position, so as the authors of the AEI report would tell you, way more tests are needed right now.
Also, the AEI report calls for same-day tests. The tests the US is doing right now can take days or weeks before results are reported.
Sources for this thread:
- The AEI report: https://www.aei.org/research-products/report/national-coronavirus-response-a-road-map-to-reopening/.
- Number of tests: https://covidtracking.com/data/us-daily .
- AEI co-author clarifying what the 750,000-a-week estimate means: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/06/upshot/coronavirus-four-benchmarks-reopening.html.
- The AEI report: https://www.aei.org/research-products/report/national-coronavirus-response-a-road-map-to-reopening/.
- Number of tests: https://covidtracking.com/data/us-daily .
- AEI co-author clarifying what the 750,000-a-week estimate means: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/06/upshot/coronavirus-four-benchmarks-reopening.html.
