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Six months into the pandemic, the United States still hasn’t met COVID-19 

 of states across the country aren’t testing enough residents to mitigate the spread of the coronavirus. 

 could be the key to safely reopening more schools, businesses and other places that have been shuttered throughout the pandemic.

, while less expensive and simple to administer, don’t provide the same level of accuracy as the more widely used PCR tests. However, proponents of the rapid tests say increasing the testing volume by testing more people, more frequently can help identify early cases that might otherwise be missed.   

Two doctors joined MPR News host Kerri Miller Wednesday for a conversation about the status of 

Still unfulfilled

How reliable are COVID-19 tests? It depends

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Six months into the pandemic, the United States still hasn’t met COVID-19 testing goals. Two doctors describe why testing is essential and what needs to happen in order to increase testing rates across the nation. 

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A young woman sits while being tested for COVID-19.

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A person sits in a chair while being tested for COVID-19.

The U.S. isn’t meeting COVID-19 testing targets. What would it take to change that?

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