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Texas is spending $45 million on new coronavirus tests that prisoners are administering to themselves
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Texas is spending $45 million on new coronavirus tests that prisoners are administering to themselves
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"The state purchased 300,000 oral swab tests from a months-old California company. So far, only highly-infected prisons are using them for mass testing." The test has a 10% rate of false negatives. This test was given a rapid approval by the FDA and they have said anyone with symptoms and a negative test should be retested. The worry is without accurate testing of most inmates that the virus will spread widely and quickly due to unsanitary and cramped conditions.
incarceration, prison, social distancing, testing, FDA, oral swab, false negative, Texas, Greg Abott
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Texas Tribune
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English
Healthcare
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Public Health & Hospitals
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Social Distance
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Government Federal
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Government State
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08/07/2020
08/02/2022
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08/13/2020
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05/14/2020
This item was submitted on August 7, 2020 by Chris Twing using the form “Share Your Story” on the site “A Journal of the Plague Year”: https://covid-19archive.org/s/archive
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