Mitt Romney slams the United States' coronavirus testing record as 'nothing to celebrate whatsoever'
Sen. Mitt Romney, a Utah Republican, pointedly criticized the Trump administration's response to the coronavirus during a Tuesday Senate hearing.
Romney pointed to Admiral Brett Girior's statement — which reflects those made by President Donald Trump — that the US has tested double the number of people that South Korea has. But the assertion that the US's testing abilities are more robust than South Korea's makes no sense, given that the Asian nation has a far smaller population, ramped up testing far earlier than the US did, and has had a much more controlled outbreak.
Romney went on to point out that American population is six times larger than South Korea's, but the US has had about 300 times the number of coronavirus deaths as the Asian country.
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