Testing in the USA is almost being avoided, one can only wonder why that is.
It appears to be sheer incompetence. "Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity." - Hanlon's razor.
I cannot think of any reason why any medical professional would cover up cases in an epidemic, because everyone knows that will only make things worse a few weeks later. Very stupid administrators, politicians and police officers might do this, as they did in China and in the U.S. Administrators at the CDC refuses to test people who turned out to have covid19. Perhaps they were trying to cover up, or they knew there were not enough test kits, or they were trying to save money. That is so idiotic, and so counter to common sense, I think it must be stupid rather than evil.
In the U.S., the cost of healthcare is already making it difficult or impossible to stop the epidemic. A person with a sense of responsibility returned from China, felt ill, and had himself tested for covid19. (He didn't have it; it was seasonal flu.) They charged him $3,270. He said, ""How can they expect normal citizens to contribute to eliminating the potential risk of person-to-person spread if hospitals are waiting to charge us $3,270 for a simple blood test and a nasal swab?"
https://www.independent.co.uk/…tinez-azcue-a9358146.html
Another man and his daughter returning from China were ordered by the government to go into quarantine for two weeks, and then charged $2,200.
https://theintercept.com/2020/…ght-mandatory-quarantine/
In the event of an epidemic, millions of people will have to be tested if there are going to be effective quarantines. At $2,000 or more for the test alone -- never mind treatment -- the entire nation will be bankrupted in a few months.