California Dreamin'

<p>Early in the pandemic, California was conducting just 2,000 coronavirus tests a day. Now the state is up to 60,000. How did they ramp up testing so quickly?</p><p><br></p><p>Guests:&nbsp;</p><p><a href="https://www.venrock.com/teammember/bob-kocher/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Bob Kocher</a>, Partner, Venrock</p><p>Charity Dean, Assistant Director of the California Department of Public Health</p><p><a href="https://www.blueshieldca.com/about/corporate-info/leadership/ceo" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Paul Markovich</a>, President of Blue Shield of California</p><p><br></p><p>For more about California’s response to the COVID-19 outbreak:&nbsp;<a href="https://tradeoffs.org/2020/06/09/california-dreamin/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://tradeoffs.org/2020/06/09/california-dreamin/</a>&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>To stay on top of all our coverage of the coronavirus outbreak and our conversations with people who are being forced to make difficult decisions in the midst of it all, visit <a href="http://bit.ly/coronavirustradeoffs" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/coronavirustradeoffs</a>.</p><p><br></p><p>Follow us on Twitter:&nbsp;<a href="https://twitter.com/tradeoffspod" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/tradeoffspod</a></p> &#10;&nbsp;<br /><hr><p style='color: grey; font - size: 0.75em; '>See <a style='color: grey; ' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>