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Wed Apr 01 21:50:10 +0000 2020

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Nate Silver @NateSilver538

This is the flip-side of what I was talking about a week or two ago when the number of tests was increasing very rapidly. Now that we have a more constant baseline, the nominal rate of increase in detected US cases is not nearly as high. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted April 1, 2020 Hibernated

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Nate Silver @NateSilver538

Pretty clear we've hit a testing bottleneck now. A lot of tests are stuck for processing at private labs. Other states may be limiting tests to very sick/hospitalized people. — PolitiTweet.org

The COVID Tracking Project @COVID19Tracking

Our daily update is published. We’ve tracked a total of 1,149,960 tests, up ~100k from yesterday. Note that we can… https://t.co/T3JlgJLes9

Posted April 1, 2020 Hibernated

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But we'd much rather have the number of tests still increasing! (Even though it would lead to the number of detected cases increasing.) We're gonna need a **lot** more tests, and tests with a shorter turnaround time, to detect new hotspots, and then to get back on our feet. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted April 1, 2020 Hibernated

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