Here it is: the longest, densest, meatiest (or meat-substitute-iest) episode yet-- now updated with the latest data and an additional scintillating minute!

In this second part on testing, I talk about the perfect storm of bureaucracy and errors by the FDA and CDC that put the US way behind the testing curve, compared to other countries. Guaranteed to fill your mindspace with so much knowledge you'll be unbearable at Zoom parties.

And there's more to reveal in yet another episode about testing!

Sources:
International:
* https://twitter.com/WHO/status/1213523866703814656
*https://www.who.int/china/news/detail/09-01-2020-who-statement-regarding-cluster-of-pneumonia-cases-in-wuhan-china
* https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/technical-guidance/laboratory-guidance
* http://virological.org/t/novel-2019-coronavirus-genome/319

US Government:
* https://www.phe.gov/Preparedness/legal/Pages/phe-qa.aspx
* https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/cases-updates/testing-in-us.html
* https://www.fda.gov/medical-devices/emergency-situations-medical-devices/faqs-diagnostic-testing-sars-cov-2
* https://www.fda.gov/news-events/press-announcements/fda-takes-significant-step-coronavirus-response-efforts-issues-emergency-use-authorization-first

News:
* https://www.texastribune.org/2020/04/10/laredo-texas-coronavirus-tests-did-not-work/
* https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/10/us/coronavirus-testing-delays.html
* https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/what-went-wrong-with-coronavirus-testing-in-the-us
* https://www.theverge.com/2020/2/5/21124005/fda-emergency-approval-coronavirus-test-cdc-diagnostic-health-labs
* https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/03/16/cdc-who-coronavirus-tests/
* https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-testing-specialrep/special-report-how-korea-trounced-u-s-in-race-to-test-people-for-coronavirus-idUSKBN2153BW
* https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/02/united-states-badly-bungled-coronavirus-testing-things-may-soon-improve

Music:
"Numbers"
by Kara Square
2020 - Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution (3.0)

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