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Yes there is. Testing supplies are limited right? Early detection for those at risk is better than using them on the jerks who deserve it by not staying home. Logically they probably wouldn't have caught it otherwise. They're a big reason why it's not contained and growing in the younger age ranges.

1. If the government had taken this seriously from the get-go and heeded all the warnings that were sent their way, they could've ramped up production of tests months ago. Believe the tests were available as early as January iirc
2. Once again, testing as many people as possible is important for the reasons already laid out in this topic. This includes "jerks", because those jerks can infect non-jerks. And a negative result is not a wasted test. It's part of the process.
3. Many of those young people who aren't staying home are not out partying. They're at work. And they're at work because the government hasn't deemed it necessary for them to stay home yet, because the numbers don't support such measures, but the numbers aren't there because they're not testing enough.