Why hasn’t the Trump administration embraced a reliable test made available by the World Health Organization?
In California, an anonymous, whistle-blowing nurse who treated coronavirus patients later became ill with covid-19 symptoms. This person says they were initially denied a CDC test, then told to wait until a rationed test became available. “This is not the ticket dispenser at the deli counter; it’s a public health emergency!,” the nurse. “I am a registered nurse, and I need to know if I am positive before going back to caring for patients.
In the United States, a primary stumbling block to widespread testing has been the stubborn decision by the CDC to stick to its own, flawed testing methods. CDC rolled out a coronavirus test in February, out only to discover a problem with one of the reagents critical to the test’s reliability. Yet as the CDC has scrambled to fix its test, another functioning test has been available.
Murray’s letter asked the Trump administration to: “Please provide an explanation for why the COVID-19 diagnostic test approved by the World Health Organization was not used.”asked the CDC to answer the same question about the WHO test. We also sought information on potential conflicts of interest — including whether the CDC’s test was developed in house, or the work of a contractor.
Reached today, a CDC media staffer said that the agency was overwhelmed with press requests and was working through its backlog. Our questions, she said, were in the queue.
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