From beginning to end, Memphis’ testing process has challenges
More speed, contact tracing needed to slow COVID-19 surge, stave off next one
A healthcare worker waves a car into the COVID-19 drive-thru testing facility at Tiger Lane April 10, 2020. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)
David Waters
David Waters is Distinguished Journalist in Residence and assistant director of the Institute for Public Service Reporting at the University of Memphis.
The lightning speed at which the novel coronavirus moves and attacks has made testing, tracing, and targeting its path even more difficult and vital.
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