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Re: Team Eradication 1, Team Herd Immunity Nil
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Originally Posted by Tyrone Slothrop
Size of the country has nothing to do with it (and, indeed, China is actually larger than the US). Contact tracing becomes impossible when too many people get sick, and if you don't have good testing. The federal government prefers denial.
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Billions of dollars in federal funds earmarked for boosting nationwide Covid-19 testing remain unspent months after Congress made the money available, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
In April, Congress allocated roughly $25 billion for federal agencies and states to expand testing, develop contact-tracing initiatives and broaden disease surveillance.
According to HHS data, only about 10% to 15% of that total has been drawn down, meaning the cash has been spent or committed to various efforts…
Of the $25 billion, some $10.25 billion was sent to states and U.S. territories in May to expand testing and develop contact-tracing programs at their discretion, but as of Aug. 14, just $121 million of that pool of funds had been drawn down.
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WSJ
Federal abdication.
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