‘A hot mess’: Americans face testing delays as coronavirus surges

Austin, Texas • With a cough and shortness of breath, it took Austin, Texas, resident Sam Lee three tries to get a COVID-19 test.The first time, he showed up an hour before the public testing site was set to close and was told they had reached capacity. He was turned away from a second center when rain shut it down, and voluntarily left a third after someone ahead of him said they had been waiting in line for more than three hours.“If you have symptoms and you are just driving around