WATCH: Due to testing shortages, U.S. still 'missing a vast majority of the cases' of COVID-19
May 21, 2020
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as posted by the channelDue to low testing capacity, the United States was forced to test only the sickest COVID-19 patients, according to Dr. Ashish Jha of the Harvard Global Health Initiative. On May 21, he told the PBS NewsHour's William Brangham that the nation must dramatically increase how many people get tested and that "we’re missing a vast majority of the cases that are out there." Jha and Brangham took audience questions about when and how the U.S. should approach reopening.
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