Trump says coronavirus testing ‘overrated,’ claims fewer cases if no testing

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Trump says coronavirus testing ‘overrated,’ claims fewer cases if no testing
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“When you test, you have a case. When you test you find something is wrong with people. If we didn’t do any testing, we would have very few cases,' Trump says.

While health officials continue to stress the importance of testing as the key to controlling the coronavirus pandemic, President Donald Trump on Thursday suggested testing is “overrated.”

— President Donald Trump Speaking to employees at an Owens & Minor Inc. OMI, +2.95% medical-supply plant in Allentown, Pa., Trump said testing might be the problem. The country has more than 1.4 million confirmed cases of COVID-19, but Trump said that’s only because the U.S. has carried out more tests.

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