Cameron Settles was swabbed for COVID-19 in mid-June at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando and it took him eight days to get the results. As coronavirus cases surge in hard-hit Florida, so do the turnaround times for test results. Health experts say test results that come back after two
FILE - In this July 23, 2020, file photo, health care workers prepare a COVID-19 test sample before a person self-administered a test at the COVID-19 drive-thru testing center at Miami-Dade County Auditorium in Miami as the novel coronavirus pandemic continues. As coronavirus cases surge in hard-hit Florida, so do the turnaround times for test results. ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.
Basketball players, team staff, news media and anyone else inside the “bubble” at the practice compound at Walt Disney World are tested daily — and get their results within 15-18 hours on average. This rankles some in Central Florida, who wonder why local, state and federal leaders can’t coordinate large-scale, organized testing, but the NBA can.
“I have to say I was hopeful things were on the right track and it’s very much like groundhog day to be back in this situation,” he said. “There’s not a safety valve with a federal infrastructure that can pick up the slack for testing when ... laboratories are overwhelmed.” Only two players have tested positive since teams arrived at Disney three weeks ago — both were newly signed players who never made it out of quarantine and into the bubble. Of the 344 players tested daily inside the bubble, none has come back positive.
For Shapiro, the issue isn't about the NBA or Major League Baseball testing players frequently — it's about the holdup in getting results for everyone else.
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