Testing Making US Look Bad?
- fionacsweet
- May 11, 2020
- 2 min read
This weekend was filled with news of politicians self-quarantining due to a "breach" of safety in the White House. At least two White House aides who have been near the president and vice president have tested positive for COVID-19. Due to this, Drs. Robert Redfield, Stephen Hahn, and Anthony Fauci are self-quarantining. Redfield is the head of the CDC, Hahn is in charge of the FDA, and Fauci is director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. Needless to say, these are not our three best guys to put out of commission. These three men were supposed to testify before Congress on a Senate committee Tuesday. The chair of that committee (Tennessee Republican Lamar Alexander) is also self-quarantining, and has spoken out publicly that he feels the amount of testing done in the United States is inadequate.
Trump often finds the United States' 8 million tests a source of pride. But other times, he takes an opposite approach blaming them for our increased number of cases. Last Wednesday, he said "If we did very little testing, [America] wouldn't have the most cases. So, in a way, by doing all of this testing, we make ourselves look bad."
This is frustrating to me on so many levels. Trump gets tested for COVID-19 every day, and he feels that our amount of testing is embarrassing. I personally feel that as our whole country is in the midst of a pandemic, our pride should not be the number one priority currently. His number one priority as president of this country is to make sure that he is saving as many of his citizens as possible. The best way that we can do this right now is to make sure that everyone has as many tests as possible, so more people can be diagnosed and given proper medical care. Our president has a duty to his people that he is not fulfilling.
Comments