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    Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 16 Apr 2020

    Not testing or inadequately testing keeps the official death numbers down; robust testing is essential to blunting the pandemic and creating a functioning society. The tension between these two positions explains the confusion of the American response to pandemic.

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      1. Forrest Chump‏ @ForrestChump_ 16 Apr 2020
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        How undercounted do you think the death numbers are?

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      1. Robert‏ @RlorD2020 16 Apr 2020
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        Also, Trump logicpic.twitter.com/oF6quAtfE1

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      1. Asha'man RyanSuxIRL  🌽 🍞  🇺🇸‏ @RyanSuxIRL 16 Apr 2020
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        Some people are reveling in the lack of robust testing using the lack of data to ham fistedly advocate for a quick, unmanaged return to normalcy. It's abhorrent.

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      1. Funky Bi Guy‏ @angryblackbiguy 16 Apr 2020
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        There's no confusion. The Real Americans(TM) want whatever they want. The rich will exploit the Real Americans for their own needs. Same as it ever was. The rest of us just have to hope they don't kill us. This story is as American as possible.

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      1. Ready for a better tomorrow‏ @dagum 16 Apr 2020
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        This plan is more wishful thinking than a secure strategy. #PropagandaDistancing

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      1. N3!L‏ @chimpvsdog 16 Apr 2020
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        Don't mean to be conspiratorial, but the Trump administration has to know current testing is woefully inadequate. Which either means: 1. They want testing low for a reason 2. See #1.

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      1. Self Absorbed‏ @Selfabsorbed7 16 Apr 2020
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        It also will make the number of reported cases go down, which is one of the criteria from the Super Tremendous America Open the Economy Freedom Liberty Suggestions, or whatev it was called, that vaguely needs to happen before “reopening”

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      1. Donald Lindeman‏ @Donald_Lindeman 16 Apr 2020
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        And certainly the incompetence of the Trump administration, which should be promoting testing to all the governors, facilitating testing for the States

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      1. Neanderthal Thinker‏ @HealthCareHuck 16 Apr 2020
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        No, GOP is not avoiding testing to rig the stats. The stat that matters is deaths and that will come thru with or without testing. GOP is placing hopes on herd immunity. More infections produces more immunity. Thus GOP testing ambivalence. Dems & Repubs are at cross purposes.

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      1. Jack Roberts‏ @jroblaw 16 Apr 2020
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        America fails the marshmallow test at every opportunity

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