As the Trump administration pushes aggressively for states to end shutdowns—and as states like Georgia, Florida and Texas ignore White House recommendations for safely reopening their economies—experts continue to call on the federal government to put robust testing protocols in place.
As they made clear in testimony before Congress, testing is not merely important to diagnose those who might spread the coronavirus or develop COVID-19, but when deployed more broadly, it can save lives. Yet, at least three months after the pandemic reached the shores of the United States, widespread testing is still not in place. And the resources that have been allocated appear not to benefit people of color equitably, which raises an important question: will Black and Latinx people be steamrolled in the name of economic progress yet again?
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