C.D.C. Labs Were Contaminated, Delaying Coronavirus Testing, Officials Say

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C.D.C. Labs Were Contaminated, Delaying Coronavirus Testing, Officials Say - The New York Times

Two of the three C.D.C. laboratories in Atlanta that created the coronavirus test kits violated their own manufacturing standards, resulting in the agency sending tests that did not work to nearly all of the 100 state and local public health labs, according to the Food and Drug Administration.

A bit of classic bureaucratic rear end coverage:

But even as several officials at the F.D.A. late this week cited contamination as the cause, a spokesman for the C.D.C., Benjamin Haynes, asserted that it was still just a possibility and that the agency was still awaiting the formal findings of H.H.S.

This one is really really bad:

The F.D.A. concluded that C.D.C. manufacturing issues were to blame and pushed the agency to shift production to an outside firm. That company, I.D.T., accelerated production of the C.D.C. test and says no more issues were reported.

Meanwhile, the F.D.A. also came under fire for not initially allowing commercial labs like Quest and LabCorp and others to begin ramping up production of their own tests.

With additional commentary:

CDC’s failed coronavirus tests were tainted with coronavirus, feds confirm | Ars Technica

There is a lot on Trump, but this fiasco is definitely not one of them. With friends like that, who needs enemies …

Mind you mainstream media fans, this is your beloved NY Times reporting, not a messenger you can shoot.

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