Until late Feb, it was mainly CDC, but in March many more states came into the p...

golem14 · on March 15, 2020

I think it's about 19K "SPECIMEN" tested, not people. Maybe 8K people tested as of today, but only <1K people tested until about a week ago.

So, yes, I think claiming the US had widespread testing is stretching the truth beyond BS level.

sgt101 · on March 15, 2020

But in China for the equivalent stage of the outbreak there was zero testing. Because there were no tests. The data cannot be compared.