NJ cases are flattening out - not because they’re getting ahead of the outbreak, but because they’re running into resource limitations. They can’t test and process the kits fast enough.

“The rate of increase on positive tests is diminishing. But in fairness, that’s a little bit of an imperfect assessment,” Murphy told Bloomberg News. “Because as much as I want to test everybody, and that was our hope from Day 1, we just don’t have the materials from the feds to be able to do that. … But the rate has been flattening, percentage-wise.”

He’s right that it’s an imperfect assessment.

New Jersey has not significantly increased the number of test results it’s reporting each day, averaging about 5,500 over the past week, according to NJ Advance Media analysis of the state’s daily numbers. So while it may feel like the number of cases is evening out, that’s only because it’s capped by the number of tests that can be given, reviewed and then reported.

Instead of being able to test significantly more each day as new capacity is added, they’re constrained, which means no way to get ahead. Test results are lagging 7-10 days due to the types of tests that were being used - and are still being used.

Fuck Trump and his corrupt admin for fucking this all to hell.