CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/JOE BIDEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “It’s about testing, tracing, and treatment.
And – and so we’re way behind on the testing piece. And I don’t quite – I don’t quite understand why we’re taking so long to do the kinds of things that that have to be done… I don’t know why we don’t set up something like a Pandemic Production Board where we open up, you know, things that oversee, you know, surging production to test kits and – and lab supplies, coordinating the distribution to states, identifying and testing sites, and sufficient, you know, trade personnel to staff these things – trained personnel, and ensuring adequate lab capacity, and clear guidance on who needs a test…
[T]his ain’t going to be over till we have a vaccine, and we’re not going to be able to really make significant changes in the three phases the President’s talking about or any phases until we’re able to test much more broadly.”
-Joe Biden as quoted by CNN, “Chris Cuomo on His Wife’s Battle against Coronavirus; Joe Biden on the U.S. Battle Against Coronavirus; Mark Zuckerberg on How Facebook Is Battling Misinformation about Coronavirus. Aired 9-10p ET,” cnn.com, Apr. 16, 2020