New York Is Making Its Own Coronavirus Test After The CDC's Test Repeatedly Failed

[backtoblue]

New York Is Making Its Own Coronavirus Test After The CDC’s Test Repeatedly Failed
By Dan Vergano
Reporting From
Washington, D.C.

Posted on February 27, 2020, at 6:22 p.m. ET

Hong Kong is testing over a thousand people a day for coronavirus, while the US has only tested a total of 445 — partially because the CDC’s test didn’t work.

Federal health officials met with state and city public health labs on Wednesday to fix a crippling lack of options to diagnose the novel coronavirus, a shortfall driven by botched CDC testing kits.

As a result, New York state and New York City are moving forward with developing their own test to detect the virus.

The lack of adequate testing capabilities was spotlighted on Wednesday evening, when the CDC announced delayed results of the first potential case of a person contracting COVID-19 from “community spread,” meaning they got sick without traveling to China or being exposed to anyone known to have the virus.

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[hlthe2b]

1. I'm sure they will, but this is devastating to me. CDC has always had the unique capabilities to

respond quickly, efficiently and accurately to emerging disease and outbreaks--including screening testing that they export to state health labs and hospitals. That they have lapsed on the testing issue is undoubtedly due to the decimation of funding and staffing. It makes me ill and more importantly angry as hell. Trump and his ignorant ilk deserve everything that must certainly be coming to them--but I only hope we don't suffer as a result.

[GeorgeGist]

5. +1

[Iliyah]

2. Come the fuck on . . .

really?

[Corgigal]

3. Just call South Korea,

and buy whatever they are using.

Country has fallen so quickly.

[Newest Reality]

4. Grrr!