This morning the IMPOTUS claimed that "Frankly, the testing has been going very smooth" in response to a question about the limited availability of Covid-19 testing.
That is a dangerous lie.
As of today the city of Austin, the 11th largest city in the US and the 30th largest metropolitan area in the country can only process 25 coronavirus tests per day:
Limited testing capabilities
On Wednesday, Escott also told KXAN that Austin Public Health does not have the capacity to send tests for everyone who could potentially have Coronavirus in Austin-Travis County, so it’s prioritizing certain cases.
Austin Public Health says the state lab that runs COVID-19 tests for Travis County and about 19 other counties can only test a maximum of 25 samples a day, at this point. Therefore, the lab cannot test everyone with symptoms.
Escott said for the time being, the only people health officials will test are those who are hospitalized with possible symptoms or people who are in the most vulnerable population for coronavirus — the elderly, especially those living in long-term care facilities with other elderly people.
That’s 25 tests per day in a city with a population over 950,000 residents and a metropolitan area with over 2.1 million residents.
You do the math.