Admiral Brett Giroir, the undersecretary of Health and Human Services who heads the administration’s coronavirus testing efforts, said Sunday that no one in the White House coronavirus workforce is afraid to pressure. President Trump
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“Everyone in management understands the importance of testing. No one in the task force is afraid to mention anything to the vice president or the president, “Giroir said Sunday on CNN’s” State of the Union “.
“Every time I meet the president who has been listening to all the data, he evaluates that he understands it … nobody is trying to stop the tests in this country. Nobody has told me to do that, in fact we want more, we want better, we want faster, “he added.
CNN’s @Jaketapper pressures Admiral Brett Giroir on why the Trump administration has not further implemented the Defense Production Act for Covid-19 testing. “We look for every opportunity to invoke DPA. Now, DPA is not a magic tool, “says Giroir. #CNNSOTU pic.twitter.com/UaLBoVzrle
– State of the Union (@CNNSotu) July 26, 2020
CNN’s Jake Tapper
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While testing has increased across the country, coronavirus outbreaks across the country are putting pressure on testing ability. Wait times for test results have grown to days, or even weeks, hampering responses from health officials and making efforts to trace contacts of confirmed cases almost pointlessly.
Giroir stated that DPA is not necessary to help laboratories.
“We look for every opportunity to invoke DPA, DPA is not a magic tool. It does not violate the laws of physics, you cannot recreate something from nothing. Most companies do not need DPA in them, “he said.
Giroir also said that “he will never be happy” until the crisis is “under control,” but continued to defend the administration’s efforts.
“We are not going to stop our testing efforts until it’s really where we want it to be with fast response times,” said Giroir.
Tapper also asked Giroir when Trump’s March comments, stating that anyone who wants an exam can get one, will be true.
“What is true now is that anyone who needs a test can get one,” Giroir replied.
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