This text may not be in its final form and may be updated or revised in the future. NPR transcripts are created on a rush deadline by an NPR contractor. Visit our website terms of use and permissions pages at for further information. MLS is working with BioReference to provide antibody testing for the Orlando community.Ĭopyright © 2020 NPR. Next week the NBA is launching a mobile testing site and hosting a drive-through testing event for the public. ![]() Still, the NBA and MLS appear sensitive to the criticism. The tests wouldn't have been in the community if the NBA weren't there. Asked why, a league representative said, the tests were brought in for their restart. GOLDMAN: The NBA continues to insist its testing program in Orlando will not result in testing capacity being diverted from the community. They're large employers whose return can help the economy.ĬOHEN: For us, it's about, how do we support this industry so that people can return to work? And there are real jobs at stake here. But Cohen says the leagues are more than the athletes. Many still see this as preferential treatment for young, rich, low-risk athletes. GOLDMAN: The sports leagues needed fast turnaround time so they could get up and running quickly. JON COHEN: It's no different in my mind than a hospital that needs patients tested within a certain period of time which is not different than nursing homes that may need a certain turnaround time. He says his company customizes testing to the needs of each client. Asked whether they're being prioritized, BioReference executive chairman Dr. The lab says it's now stabilized turnaround times to 72 hours or less. BioReference says the turnaround delays for residents that Binney cites were caused by a significant uptick in testing demand in June. GOLDMAN: BioReference Labs does the testing for MLS and the NBA and many Florida residents. GOLDMAN: And Binney would like to hear more from the leagues than just their oft-repeated assurance that they and the labs they're using are not taking away testing capacity from the public.īINNEY: I would like to see a little bit of a deeper explanation of why they think that's not the case when the same lab that's conducting MLS's tests just a week ago was saying that they weren't turning around some tests for six days on average. These soccer players and NBA players, both in protective bubbles in the Orlando area, have been getting daily or every other day testing with very quick results, sometimes in just 12 hours - not a good look considering the delays outside the bubbles.īINNEY: I don't care about optics. GOLDMAN: Major League Soccer's restart tournament rolled on today in front of ESPN cameras and no fans. UNIDENTIFIED SPORTSCASTER #3: That's a smart stop because that was creeping inside the post. UNIDENTIFIED SPORTSCASTER #2: Oh, what a save. ZACH BINNEY: Any delay in test results is another day that you, a normal person, could be walking around thinking you're negative when you're actually positive. He's an epidemiologist at Emory University. ![]() GOLDMAN: In fact, it's potentially dangerous, says Zach Binney. RON DESANTIS: If you have somebody go through one of the sites and then they get a result back 10 days later, that is not really going to be very helpful. But last night, he again sounded the alarm about delays residents are experiencing from when they're tested to when they get the results. TOM GOLDMAN, BYLINE: Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has been criticized for his handling of the coronavirus outbreak, including opening the state early in the beginning of May. As NPR's Tom Goldman reports, that's raised ethical questions about the process. Those players have had frequent access to quick COVID-19 testing. But that's not the case for NBA and Major League Soccer athletes playing in the Orlando area. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.Florida continues to see your record coronavirus cases and at the same time delays in getting test results. As of Monday, Florida had a seven-day average of more than 8,600 cases, according to the U.S. “The number of projected infections is much larger than the number of reported cases because many infections are not reported, especially if they are asymptomatic or mild,” the report released late last week said.Īt the beginning of the month, Florida had a seven-day average of just over 1,400 cases, though that number has grown significantly as the omicron variant has spread. ![]() The report by three UF researchers said the actual number of infections, both symptomatic and asymptomatic, could be significantly higher - up to 150,000 infections a day - under the most likely scenario in Florida. ![]() MIAMI (AP) - With Floridians lining up by the tens of thousands for COVID tests across the state this week, University of Florida researchers predict that cases in the Sunshine State, driven by the new omicron variant, could peak in February with more than 30,000 reported cases a day.
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