The CDC’s early screw ups really put us behind the curve on testing. Hopefully that is about to be remedied in a big way and we can catch up.
Good article on this from the MIT Technology Review.
Why the CDC botched its coronavirus testing
The first testing kits from the Centers for Disease Control had a simple fault, and red tape prevented other labs from creating their own.
https://www.technologyreview.com/s/615323/why-the-cdc-botched-its-coronavirus-testing/
I keep reading “The CDC screwed up on testing”? What does that mean? They were supposed to detect an epidemic in some new hi tech way that is better than the “old fashioned way?” When people start dropping dead?
I think the CDC is kind of using the old, “But the other parents let their kids...”, type of excuses here.
Center for Disease Control
It’s their job one. FAIL!
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