Everyone says more testing is the key to understanding—and ending—the coronavirus pandemic. And it is—but it needs to be done right. Photo illustration by Slate. Photo by Ben Hasty/MediaNews Group/Reading Eagle via Getty Images. It is fair to say that every one of us would like to see progress against COVID-19 and toward a return…
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