CDC coronavirus testing decision likely to haunt nation for months to come
The damage will be much longer lasting than this.<p>The Chinese bought the US precious weeks to prepare while it locked down vast numbers of its own population.<p>The disaster could have been prevented through a vigorous testing&#x2F;quarrantine program in Washington and California.<p>At every step of the way the US either bungled testing, or actively discouraged testing. It&#x27;s been nothing but lies and mistakes from the start.<p>Like most American catastrophes, this one will only be slowly understood many years after the fact. There will be Congressional investigations and fact finding rituals.<p>In the end it will come down to three things:<p>1. Pandemic preparedness was not taken seriously by the incoming administration.<p>2. Testing was screwed up from the start and never found its footing.<p>3. The administration actively discouraged testing through both political pressure (e.g. W. Virginia &quot;doing a tremendous job&quot;) and rationing of tests.