COVID testing on elective cases

The hospital system where I work has been doing COVID testing on all non emergent cases over the past several months. However, due to cost, and the fact that we are not finding many asymptomatic COVID cases, the CMO now wants to stop doing COVID testing pre op. Just wanted to see what is going on at your shop. My anesthesia group feels this is unfair to make a unilateral decision like this, especially since its our lives on the line during airway management, and every case we do is an... COVID testing on elective cases
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