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Scalia looks on in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House on April 09, 2020 in Washington, DC. U.S. unemployment claims have approached 17 million over the past three weeks amid the COVID-19 pandemic.: As public health experts and U.S. officials begin to think about how and when the country should start easing social distancing, President Donald Trump on Thursday said widespread testing “isn’t necessary, but would be a good thing to have” before the economy reopens.
At the White House Coronavirus Task Force daily press briefing, Trump continued to praise the country’s testing capabilities, which have ramped up significantly in recent weeks. Public health experts say the U.S. needs more in order to lift social distancing restrictions. When asked if the country needs a nationwide testing system for the virus before people can start going back to work, Trump said, “No. We have a great testing system, the best testing system in the world.”
Two former FDA commissioners, Mark McClellan and Scott Gottlieb, published a paper on Tuesday outlining the need for at least 750,000 tests per week to contain the disease and reopen the country. When asked if that number is needed before the economy can open, Trump said,"I don't like using the word 'needed,' because I don't think it's needed, but we are going to try and hit a number like that, that’s a very high number.”2.
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