Admiral Brett Giroir, who’s leading Trump’s testing protocols, tried to paint a rosy picture of nationwide testing efforts, which are severely lacking in hard-hit cities.
On Sunday, Admiral Brett Giroir, a member of President Donald Trump’s coronavirus task force, refused to admit that the administration is not doing enough to boost testing capacity across the country.
At one point during an interview with CNN’s Jake Tapper, he attributed widespread frustration over delayed tests to would-be travelers.
“‘I feel like going somewhere, so I need a test.’ That is not where we are. We are in the middle of a serious pandemic that we are trying to control,” Giroir said. “We’re not gonna have 300 million tests per day.” Continue reading.