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CDC Sent Useless Test Kits To States, Tainted With Coronavirus
 

Posted By: Beth Mole via arsTechnica April 22, 2020
 
Tainted test kits provided to the states by the CDC created huge inaccuracies in COVID-19 reports, exacerbating policies leading to further destruction of the U.S. economy.  Who will hold these bumbling fools accountable for their actions? No one. ⁃ TN Editor

As the new coronavirus took root across America, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention sent states tainted test kits in early February that were themselves seeded with the virus, federal officials have confirmed.

The contamination made the tests uninterpretable, and—because testing is crucial for containment efforts—it lost the country invaluable time to get ahead of the advancing pandemic.

https://www.technocracy.news/cdc-sent-useless-test-kits-to-states-tainted-with-coronavirus/