House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says she remains optimistic that despite hard negotiations, 'we will' find a solution and come to an agreement on the coronavirus relief bill.
Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, says he wishes testing for Covid-19 in the country had worked out better.
Speaking during an interview on the POLITICO Pulse Check podcast published Thursday, Fauci said – when asked about people waiting to get a test result back five or seven days later – that it's been"very difficult" to defend the government's efforts on testing. "It is very difficult. It's been this way from the very beginning of the issue – of defending things that have to do with testing – when you're given an example like you just gave me about waiting five to seven days. You know, I would be noncredible, and I wouldn't be true to myself, if I say oh that's okay. It's not okay – period. And we need to do better. And I wish we had done better," Fauci told POLITICO's Dan Diamond.
Fauci explained the delay is due to the surge in cases, but said that according to a conversation with Adm. Brett Giroir, a member of the White House coronavirus task force overseeing Covid-19 testing, most tests are coming back within 24 to 48 hours. "We're talking about hopefully getting, you know, many, many millions of more tests that can be done rapidly within the next month or so. ... I can't guarantee that, because that's not what I do. So, the people who are responsible for that are telling us that we're going to get better and better as the months go by," Fauci said.
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