A COVID-19 test. As of Tuesday, about 350,000 people in L.A. County had been tested and roughly 33,000 of them, or 9%, were positive. People who have COVID-19 symptoms should be tested, Hochman said. She said she and other public officials have been having those very discussions, and Balter expects COVID-19 response strategies to be refined in coming days. “But widespread testing of asymptomatic people is not necessarily all that helpful, and it can give people a false sense of, ‘I’m tested, so I’m safe.’”AdvertisementOne goal of making free testing available to everyone was to make sure those without access to private healthcare could get tested, Balter said.

Source: Los Angeles Times May 20, 2020 12:00 UTC