neither the CDC nor the coronavirus task force chaired by Vice President Mike Pence would say who made the decision to forgo the WHO test and instead begin a protracted process of producing an American test, one that got delayed by manufacturing problems, possible lab contamination and logistical delays.
Ok, they shipped kits from the CDC that same week. Those tests were flawed, right?
They still had access to the tests from the WHO but they decided to create their own. Even though they had limited production capacity, as you said. This then led to a lapse in time that tests were not available.
Are you the only one that knew they had limited production capacity, or should they have known that as well?
You’re making things up now wholesale. You have no idea how many test kits the WHO had available to ship us when it was determined the original run by the CDC was flawed.
I find it interesting that trump is pushing for his payroll tax till the election. He says he wants an economic shot in the arm. Did republicans actually finally realize that it’s the working man who drives the economy?
I chalk this up to unreasonable expectations. It’s a problem of scale and the CDC has limited production capabilities.
Understand fear and frustration but we’ve sent much of our industrial production to China over the last thirty years including an alarming amount of our Bio/Medical/Pharmaceutical production.
Review my thread from a few days ago on the national security reasons for bringing industrial jobs back to the US. This is a perfect example of where that critical industrial capacity is lacking.
This is all magnified by the fact the virus wasn’t even identified and typed until January. We had test kits in production within three weeks but with limited capacity there’s only so many that can be produced quickly.
Where in your article does it state that WHO had 250,000 tests available on Feb 4? Where in that article does it state that this was their entire supply at the time?