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Guessing Trump is just struggling to regain some lost ground since his testing regime has been so slow to get off the ground.

Trump’s no stranger to misinformation. But with the coronavirus, experts say that’s dangerous

By Megan Thielking @meggophone
February 26, 2020

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As of Feb. 23, the CDC had tested just 479 people, not including those who were evacuated from other countries. Testing kits sent out by the CDC nationwide turned out to be faulty, which means that just 12 labs across the country can currently run tests outside of the CDC.

The CDC is also still only recommending testing for people who have recently traveled to China or been in close contact with someone infected. But as the disease has started to spread in other countries, some public health experts think it’s necessary to broaden the criteria for testing or run the risk of missing other cases.

https://www.statnews.com/2020/02/26/trump-mixed-messages-on-coronavirus/

And that the Obama mention is little more than his neuroticism about having to do everything better than Obama did.