Google is not working with the US government in building a nationwide website to help people determine whether and how to get a novel coronavirus test, despite what President Donald Trump said in the course of issuing an emergency declaration for the coronavirus pandemic. Instead, a much smaller trial website made by another division of Alphabet, Google’s parent company, is going up. It will only be able to direct people to testing facilities in the Bay Area. The announcement that "Citizens will be able to enter their symptoms, and, depending on what the results are, they may be directed to a 'drive thru' testing facility" does not seem to have any basis in truth. (Surprised? If so, please contact me regarding a great deal on swampland in Florida.)
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