The U.S. is not even 'remotely prepared' to re-open, an expert said on Tuesday as some states are set to lift lockdowns that had been imposed to contain the coronavirus outbreak.
However, the ongoing lack of testing capabilities is one of the main factors keeping many families, employers and institutions from resuming business, even though stay-at-home orders have officially been lifted in several states.that the country at large is not seeing a decline in coronavirus infections and that there needs to be more testing.
Testing 2% of people in each state monthly would be a major jump — roughly 1.6% of the U.S. population has been tested in total so far, according to theYet some experts say the country needs to perform closer to 20 million to 30 million tests a day to begin getting the economy back to normal, due to concerns about pre-symptomatic and asymptomatic transmission.
"If you begin reopening before you have the ability know who's sick, or frankly, before those people have the ability to know they have it, you run into enormous risks," added Konyndyk.
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