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What Next - TBD | Where Are All the Tests?

What Next - TBD | Where Are All the Tests?

Here’s why America isn’t ready for widespread testing.

Slate News · Slate Podcasts

March 27, 202022m 20s

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The United States failed to roll out widespread testing in the early days of the pandemic. Now it faces critical shortages of supplies as it scrambles to track the disease around the country.


Until testing is available at scale, Americans won’t be able to return to their normal lives. So: what will it take to solve the country’s testing shortage?


Guest: Robert P. Baird, contributor to the New Yorker


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