When all this is over, let's not forget how the CDC actively made the situation worse by refusing to allow testing. Dat regulatory power tho.
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"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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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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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
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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.
nytimes.com/2020/03/10/us/
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Only testing the serious cases brings the fatality statistic up considerably
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The test is not for a virus, it's only for RNA. And it has not been proven to transmit via a virus, that CAUSES disease.