The Trump administration needs to boost Covid-19 testing, particularly in nursing homes and senior-care facilities
NEW YORK, NY - APRIL 23: Lily Sage Weinrieb transfers remains from a NYC hospital on April 23, 2020 in New York City. Picture: MISHA FRIEDMAN / AFP
And with its unemployment rate being the highest since the Great Depression — 14.7% in April — and the unprecedented downward pressure on the world economy brewing further headwinds, the US government should appreciate the urgency of getting a grip on the country’s worsening crisis. Now it needs to deliver on its claims to have a handle on the situation by immediately boosting testing capacity nationwide, particularly in nursing homes and senior-care facilities where the death rate is disproportionally high. Its lack of attention to the most vulnerable among the population is in itself testimony to the extent to which the administration has missed the point in its response to the pandemic.
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