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We Need a Pandemic Testing Strategy
In an article on The Hill, Onkar Ghate and Elan Journo explain why the government must develop and implement a pandemic testing strategy. It is the only strategy that protects individual liberty while effectively dealing with a pandemic. “Test, isolate and track” should be the government’s mantra in a pandemic. To protect individual rights, its…
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