Post by the Scribe on Aug 31, 2020 1:56:54 GMT
America has tested more than every country in Europe put together, and more than every nation in the Western Hemisphere combined. Think of that.
The U.S. is certainly among the top countries when it comes to the sheer number of tests conducted, but there’s also some evidence that China might have surpassed the U.S., with some estimates showing 90 million tests conducted in China, versus 71 million in the United States. Experts have suggested that testing programs should be scaled according to the size of each country’s epidemic, not the size of the population. So a country doing less testing might actually indicate that country has effectively contained its outbreak.
Nell Greenfieldboyce
NPR Science Desk Correspondent
The U.S. is certainly among the top countries when it comes to the sheer number of tests conducted, but there’s also some evidence that China might have surpassed the U.S., with some estimates showing 90 million tests conducted in China, versus 71 million in the United States. Experts have suggested that testing programs should be scaled according to the size of each country’s epidemic, not the size of the population. So a country doing less testing might actually indicate that country has effectively contained its outbreak.
Nell Greenfieldboyce
NPR Science Desk Correspondent