{"id":46462,"date":"2020-04-20T14:45:42","date_gmt":"2020-04-20T18:45:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/?p=46462"},"modified":"2020-04-20T14:45:48","modified_gmt":"2020-04-20T18:45:48","slug":"u-s-rep-shalala-florida-leaders-demand-trump-desantis-rapidly-scale-up-covid-19-testing-to-safely-relax-social-distancing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/2020\/04\/u-s-rep-shalala-florida-leaders-demand-trump-desantis-rapidly-scale-up-covid-19-testing-to-safely-relax-social-distancing\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Rep. Shalala, Florida Leaders Demand Trump, DeSantis Rapidly Scale-Up COVID-19 Testing to Safely Relax Social Distancing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Today on a video press conference, U.S. Rep. Donna Shalala, former Secretary of Health and Human Services, State Senator Lori Berman, Vice Chair of the Committee on Health Policy, Dr. Brent Schillinger, past President of Palm Beach County Medical Society, and Florida Democratic Party Chair Terrie Rizzo demanded President Trump and Governor DeSantis immediately take action to implement mass COVID-19 testing, a step health experts say is\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/r20.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?f=001q_oyC_kyGT0XYeZCkSZvl3EciL5C7kGLf2CXnsOXFxN-aW-LMXUa3e1wTV-PcKgKE4SVbCHIwQbGnbVc3AIqBB9fUvvhZt6lyZ0vVysSReJd4ELq5TkkudaUThtFABf0YBMmWN5wNsko2iXgGcCKsGbme-7B8FBoSDyjXPdgJAmJydSZ-0Wl-gDsnQBKMXX0m2InWAj7bTcTPAFDlQM0xXbLCxy9MJFEDb_r8Ic0mzs=&amp;c=yeCNGb_91VeNrh__a4eHEnZIw34F9W5yzjkawG-i8a7vgm6klS3yWQ==&amp;ch=q63X81p5vHceeCCG5KcyCm7rhneorpjdssu0UdKIfTDC6nWm6DxjHw==\" target=\"_blank\">necessary<\/a>\u00a0to safely relax social distancing measures.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tomorrow marks one month since the Trump Administration\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/r20.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?f=001q_oyC_kyGT0XYeZCkSZvl3EciL5C7kGLf2CXnsOXFxN-aW-LMXUa3e34ZqM4haS8hdy4Y4uWiLDTDScgrg6cZbS-el7UcYLcSP0dmDFaL8ruexqXTeGElrE6lll0tGEOhsOSKL53fN2cGOO21eG1jq0fZOd0Q1mWzsUUNjimG3h7sPSujy64CzhjYiLdw1sjev7t7tV8ZRglWACeYuXmbTkSpGeNZcI7L-oq_XX71JO9Ugr6GS1mNo-okIBpg0G9BC_9a3qNU28=&amp;c=yeCNGb_91VeNrh__a4eHEnZIw34F9W5yzjkawG-i8a7vgm6klS3yWQ==&amp;ch=q63X81p5vHceeCCG5KcyCm7rhneorpjdssu0UdKIfTDC6nWm6DxjHw==\" target=\"_blank\">claimed<\/a>\u00a0they would have 27 million tests by the end of March, but have so far completed less than 4 million. According to Harvard researchers,\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/r20.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?f=001q_oyC_kyGT0XYeZCkSZvl3EciL5C7kGLf2CXnsOXFxN-aW-LMXUa3e1wTV-PcKgKE4SVbCHIwQbGnbVc3AIqBB9fUvvhZt6lyZ0vVysSReJd4ELq5TkkudaUThtFABf0YBMmWN5wNsko2iXgGcCKsGbme-7B8FBoSDyjXPdgJAmJydSZ-0Wl-gDsnQBKMXX0m2InWAj7bTcTPAFDlQM0xXbLCxy9MJFEDb_r8Ic0mzs=&amp;c=yeCNGb_91VeNrh__a4eHEnZIw34F9W5yzjkawG-i8a7vgm6klS3yWQ==&amp;ch=q63X81p5vHceeCCG5KcyCm7rhneorpjdssu0UdKIfTDC6nWm6DxjHw==\" target=\"_blank\">Florida needs to more than triple the number of tests<\/a>\u00a0conducted to safely relax social distancing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"FDP Call Reopening the economy\" width=\"1110\" height=\"624\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DEzIXhtaD4Y?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today on a video press conference, U.S. Rep. 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