COVID-19 testing, with many states falling short of the volume needed to help contain the virus during major outbreaks.Trump told a rally in June testing is a "double-edged" sword because it leads to more cases being discovered, causing the United States to appear worse off than it would otherwise.
He added that he urged officials to "slow the testing down, please." A White House official at the time told Reuters that the remark was a joke.The United States has had more than 5 million diagnosed cases of COVID-19 and nearly 180,000 people have died.California on Wednesday announced a deal with PerkinElmer to nearly double the state's testing capacity, and New York Governor Andrew Cuomo quickly challenged the assertion that politics played no.