I know. The Governor has told me that we really don't know how many people are infected. We don't know the rate--whether it is going up and at what rate--and whether it is in certain areas of our State and not in others. So, if you don't have testing, you don't have knowledge, and you can't fight a pandemic. I would just say to the Senator that this was the highest priority in this bill that passed the House of Representatives on Saturday.
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