Jonathan Alter: We Would’ve Had a ‘Testing Army’ If We Had the Right Kind of Presidential Leadership

RUSH TRANSCRIPT An extraordinary ░░░░░░░░ from China about their ░░░░░░░░ to respond to outbreak ░░░░░░░░ central Chinese city of ░░░░░░░░ according to the The ░░░░░░░░ Street Journal has said ░░░░░░░░ it has collected Coronavirus ░░░░░░░░ tests from more than ░░░░░░░░ million of its 11 ░░░░░░░░ people just over the ░░░░░░░░ 10 days Most of ░░░░░░░░ nine million samples have ░░░░░░░░ been processed according to ░░░░░░░░ records And so Jonathan ░░░░░░░░ s that second wave ░░░░░░░░ they fear in Wuhan ░░░░░░░░ soon as they had ░░░░░░░░ handful of cases they ░░░░░░░░ out and do right ░░░░░░░░ about 10 million nine ░░░░░░░░ tests in 10 days ░░░░░░░░ the contrast between Donald ░░░░░░░░ and his failed leadership ░░░░░░░░ that and the rest ░░░░░░░░ the world could not ░░░░░░░░ more stark And I ░░░░░░░░ that you know on ░░░░░░░░ Memorial Day we as ░░░░░░░░ lawyers say we memorialize ░░░░░░░░ facts about the way ░░░░░░░░ whole thing unfolded and ░░░░░░░░ testing failure that started ░░░░░░░░ January and February you ░░░░░░░░ which we thought was ░░░░░░░░ to be a temporary ░░░░░░░░ because every expert knows ░░░░░░░░ testing is the only ░░░░░░░░ you can get on ░░░░░░░░ of this thing That ░░░░░░░░ continues to this day ░░░░░░░░ while this president you ░░░░░░░░ is playing golf and ░░░░░░░░ declaring mission accomplished not ░░░░░░░░ is Covid 19 not ░░░░░░░░ controlled but the mechanism ░░░░░░░░ controlling it testing has ░░░░░░░░ been put into place ░░░░░░░░ I think people kind ░░░░░░░░ are some people are ░░░░░░░░ of assuming that this ░░░░░░░░ you know such a ░░░░░░░░ country we can t ░░░░░░░░ do all these tests ░░░░░░░░ puts the lie to ░░░░░░░░ And I think our ░░░░░░░░ history puts the lie ░░░░░░░░ that So in terms ░░░░░░░░ getting people to do ░░░░░░░░ contact tracing and the ░░░░░░░░ testing that s necessary ░░░░░░░░ antibody testing and Covid ░░░░░░░░ we need a testing ░░░░░░░░ and frankly Roosevelt when ░░░░░░░░ were in crisis during ░░░░░░░░ depression he wanted 250 ░░░░░░░░ young Americans mobilized in ░░░░░░░░ civilian conservation court he ░░░░░░░░ it almost overnight in ░░░░░░░░ months We could have ░░░░░░░░ a testing army that ░░░░░░░░ something we could have ░░░░░░░░ if we had the ░░░░░░░░ kind of presidential leadership ░░░░░░░░ Vin Gupta, and Jonathan,