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To: Brumar89 who wrote (1208034)

3/11/2020 8:55:04 AM

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·EXCLUSIVE: For weeks, thousands of flu samples sat in Seattle as researchers sought to test and flag them for coronavirus. The C.D.C. wouldn’t allow it. When testing did happen, it was too late. The virus was upon us. nytimes.com… w/ @sherifink
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Emails and interviews show that after the weeks of C.D.C. rejections, researchers in Seattle decided to defy regulators and test anyway. They ended up finding and reporting the first case of community-transmission in the region. t.co

By that point, we now know, the virus had already spread undetected. Two people had already died. A nursing home now linked to 19 deaths hadn’t yet learned that their sickness troubles were coronavirus.

“We felt like we were sitting, waiting for the pandemic to emerge. We could help. We couldn’t do anything.” t.co

The decision not to tap the existing flu study for monitoring was just one in a series of missed chances by the federal government during the early days of the outbreak, when containment would have been easier. Tonight, there are 973 cases in 37 states. t.co

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