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U.S. Should Go Warp Speed on Testing Too | Los Angeles Times

“The technology to do rapid and regular screening exists and is being deployed. The federal government has purchased 150 million Abbott BinaxNOW diagnostic tests, which don’t require lab processing as the tests currently used do, and is distributing them to states. And the nonpartisan Rockefeller Foundation has already laid the groundwork for a testing initiative, developing an action plan and partnering with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to roll out pilot screening programs in a handful of cities, including Los Angeles.”

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