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There are certain people who believe that a state with more positive cases or a country with more positive cases sends a message that there is something wrong in the area of public health.
The reality is that information like the results of testing is the most important weapon that we have in the battle against COVID-19, as it lets us trace exposures and helps us track potential spread.
Back in the time of the Spanish Flu we didn’t have the ability to test and track. we should be as aggressive as possible using tests to save lives and not hide results to make it look like we don’t have a pandemic.