Morning Jolt: Testing and Masks Can Only Help So Much

May the Fourth be with you. On the menu today: a chat with a top hospital scientific director about the potentials and limitations of testing and masks, the Department of Homeland Security confirms some more of our suspicions about the Chinese government, some elected leaders experience a surprise outbreak of humility, and relishing ESPN's two-hour mental vacations to the 1990s.

What Testing and Masks Can and Can't Do for Us

I recently had a chance to pick the brain of a scientific director from one of the top ten hospitals in the United States, who has been briefing powerful decision makers since the coronavirus epidemic began.

This director didn't want to be quoted by name, lest his assessments cause headaches for his institution. I asked him what the biggest misperceptions about the ongoing pandemic are, and he offered some important points for those who think that America needs to be locked into this semi-shut-down status quo until a nationwide frequent testing regime is in place.

"Politicians and other decision makers like university presidents — who are just politicians of another stripe — are a highly risk-averse ...

WITH JIM GERAGHTY May 04 2020 WITH JIM GERAGHTY May 04 2020 Testing and Masks Can Only Help So Much May the Fourth be with you. On the menu today: a chat with a top hospital scientific director about the potentials and limitations of testing and masks, the Department of Homeland Security confirms some more of our suspicions about the Chinese government, some elected leaders experience a surprise outbreak of humility, and relishing ESPN's two-hour mental vacations to the 1990s. What Testing and Masks Can and Can't Do for Us I recently had a chance to pick the brain of a scientific director from one of the top ten hospitals in the United States, who has been briefing powerful decision makers since the coronavirus epidemic began. This director didn't want to be quoted by name, lest his assessments cause headaches for his institution. I asked him what the biggest misperceptions about the ongoing pandemic are, and he offered some important points for those who think that America needs to be locked into this semi-shut-down status quo until a nationwide frequent testing regime is in place. "Politicians and other decision makers like university presidents — who are just politicians of another stripe — are a highly risk-averse ...   READ MORE

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