Public Health Authorities Have Failed America at Every Level

[KenH]

"Remember, the virus genome was publicly available by mid-January and the first tests were available shortly thereafter. In fact, one of the few things the WHO did right was to send hundreds of thousands of tests to dozens of labs around the world within a few weeks. If the United States had done what South Korea, Taiwan, and Germany did and allowed private and state labs to get these tests ready for mass production, we would have been able to conduct country-wide screening almost immediately. Instead the CDC decided to reinvent the wheel and develop its own test. It ordered private labs to desist and told them to wait for its test—and when the agency finally rolled the test out, it didn't work. By the end of February, only 4,000 tests had been conducted and the country had no idea how fast the virus was spreading.

Meanwhile, the feds were bungling reporting procedures, causing even more waste and delay. In early March, when private testing had yet to come up to speed and public labs were the only game in town, the FDA issued a directive requiring the CDC to retest every positive coronavirus result by these labs before certifying it. This meant that for several crucial weeks, America's coronavirus tally was lagging and everyone was underestimating how bad things were. Worse, it meant that lab resources and chemical agents, which have been in acutely short supply, couldn't be used for new tests. ...

There's plenty of blame to go around, but will anyone take any responsibility?"

Public Health Authorities Have Failed America at Every Level

 

[church mouse guy]

"Remember, the virus genome was publicly available by mid-January and the first tests were available shortly thereafter. In fact, one of the few things the WHO did right was to send hundreds of thousands of tests to dozens of labs around the world within a few weeks. If the United States had done what South Korea, Taiwan, and Germany did and allowed private and state labs to get these tests ready for mass production, we would have been able to conduct country-wide screening almost immediately. Instead the CDC decided to reinvent the wheel and develop its own test. It ordered private labs to desist and told them to wait for its test—and when the agency finally rolled the test out, it didn't work. By the end of February, only 4,000 tests had been conducted and the country had no idea how fast the virus was spreading.

Meanwhile, the feds were bungling reporting procedures, causing even more waste and delay. In early March, when private testing had yet to come up to speed and public labs were the only game in town, the FDA issued a directive requiring the CDC to retest every positive coronavirus result by these labs before certifying it. This meant that for several crucial weeks, America's coronavirus tally was lagging and everyone was underestimating how bad things were. Worse, it meant that lab resources and chemical agents, which have been in acutely short supply, couldn't be used for new tests. ...

There's plenty of blame to go around, but will anyone take any responsibility?"

Public Health Authorities Have Failed America at Every Level

The real problem was that we did not have enough N95 masks and we weren't making very many in this country. That alone is the main cause of some many deaths. We were saved in the treatment department by France and their # 1 in the world specialist Didier Raoult. The WHO was run by the Communist Party of China, the same ones that hid the truth from the world for six weeks. The UN should be moved to Wuhan and take over the old lab building.

 

[Revmitchell]

It is my understanding that the tests made, early on, by those other countries were inferior.

 

[Reynolds]

"Remember, the virus genome was publicly available by mid-January and the first tests were available shortly thereafter. In fact, one of the few things the WHO did right was to send hundreds of thousands of tests to dozens of labs around the world within a few weeks. If the United States had done what South Korea, Taiwan, and Germany did and allowed private and state labs to get these tests ready for mass production, we would have been able to conduct country-wide screening almost immediately. Instead the CDC decided to reinvent the wheel and develop its own test. It ordered private labs to desist and told them to wait for its test—and when the agency finally rolled the test out, it didn't work. By the end of February, only 4,000 tests had been conducted and the country had no idea how fast the virus was spreading.

Meanwhile, the feds were bungling reporting procedures, causing even more waste and delay. In early March, when private testing had yet to come up to speed and public labs were the only game in town, the FDA issued a directive requiring the CDC to retest every positive coronavirus result by these labs before certifying it. This meant that for several crucial weeks, America's coronavirus tally was lagging and everyone was underestimating how bad things were. Worse, it meant that lab resources and chemical agents, which have been in acutely short supply, couldn't be used for new tests. ...

There's plenty of blame to go around, but will anyone take any responsibility?"

Public Health Authorities Have Failed America at Every Level

The Swamp runs deep.

 

[Reynolds]

It is my understanding that the tests made, early on, by those other countries were inferior.

Just depends on who you believe. I personally lean toward the W.H.O. on this one. The FDA has a long and storied reputation for being slow as molasses in wintertime.

 

[Revmitchell]

Just depends on who you believe. I personally lean toward the W.H.O. on this one. The FDA has a long and storied reputation for being slow as molasses in wintertime.

I dont disagree about the fda neither do I trust who. At all.

 

[church mouse guy]

I dont disagree about the fda neither do I trust who. At all.

WHO is pro-China. The FDA must be a bunch of government lawyers.