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Stop the surge, preserve the economy, with universal testing and COVID credentialing

COVID-19 tests that can be used anywhere, provide results in less than an hour, and potentially cost a few dollars or less are being mass produced.  Connecticut has received close to 300,000 thousand such kits from one source, and expects to receive 1.07 million within a few months.  Can these be used to quell the epidemic?