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When Is a Coronavirus Test Not a Coronavirus Test?
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/24/opinion/covid-test-turnaround.html
If it takes up to two weeks to get results, we can’t detect brewing outbreaks and respond with targeted shutdowns. We can’t do meaningful contact tracing. We can’t expect people to stay home from work or school for two weeks while they wait for the result of a screen. We have no way to render early treatment and attention to those who test positive, to try to prevent serious illness. It’s a disaster.

A coronavirus test is not a really a test if the result is too late to act on. So labs need to ramp up capacity, as they’ve vowed to do. More important, all those centers offering free testing need to take responsibility for delivering results within 48 or, maybe, 72 hours. That means contracting with labs that can guarantee turnaround.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/24/opinion/covid-test-turnaround.html