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https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/what-went-wrong-with-coronavirus-testing-in-the-us … "n February 4th, a new regulatory regime took effect. From that point on, any lab that wanted to conduct its own tests for the new coronavirus would first need to secure something called an Emergency Use Authorization from the F.D.A."
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FDA more than CDC, but both screwed up.
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Let's remember that the CDC tried to gain access to China back on January 6th to assist and learn as early as they could but they were denied entry.
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But it's not "the" CDC it's Trump's CDC.
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I agree but I could see Obama’s cdc doing this also
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This was the Trump administration blocking testing to keep the numbers good, not the CDC, also it was primarily FDA thatbwas blocking things. Overall a complete bureaucratic disaster cause by incompetent appointees at the top https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2020/03/why-coronavirus-testing-us-so-delayed/607954/ … https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/coronavirus-testing-trump-election-campaign-dan-diamond-alex-azar-a9399661.html …
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Let's also give a gigantic Heroic Defiance prize to Dr Helen Chu, who tested anyway, and found the first community-transmitted cases in Seattle. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/10/us/coronavirus-testing-delays.html …
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Only testing the serious cases brings the fatality statistic up considerably
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Also remember that their first tests didn't work and when they got the first results back they misplaced them.
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