Why, when the virus had circulating for weeks, did we only have 7 confirmed cases? Because the CDC massively messed up the testing regime on several levels: only testing people with travel or links to travel, not having nearly enough tests due to major slip-ups in development, etc.
Why was the CDC such a disaster this time? We don’t really know yet, but there was clearly a failure of leadership there. I don’t know whether Trump is to blame or not, but the Republican denigration of government as ineffective appears to be a self-fulfilling prophecy.
This is precisely the problem.
Why, when the virus had circulating for weeks, did we only have 7 confirmed cases? Because the CDC massively messed up the testing regime on several levels: only testing people with travel or links to travel, not having nearly enough tests due to major slip-ups in development, etc.
Why was the CDC such a disaster this time? We don’t really know yet, but there was clearly a failure of leadership there. I don’t know whether Trump is to blame or not, but the Republican denigration of government as ineffective appears to be a self-fulfilling prophecy.