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https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/10/us/coronavirus-testing-delays.html
By Sheri Fink and Mike Baker
March 10, 2020
Updated 10:27 p.m. ET
<snip>
In late January, the first confirmed American case of the coronavirus had landed in her area. Critical questions needed answers: Had the man infected anyone else? Was the deadly virus already lurking in other communities and spreading?
As luck would have it, Dr. Chu had a way to monitor the region. For months, as part of a research project into the flu, she and a team of researchers had been collecting nasal swabs from residents experiencing symptoms throughout the Puget Sound region.
To repurpose the tests for monitoring the coronavirus, they would need the support of state and federal officials. But nearly everywhere Dr. Chu turned, officials repeatedly rejected the idea, interviews and emails show, even as weeks crawled by and outbreaks emerged in countries outside of China, where the infection began.
By Feb. 25, Dr. Chu and her colleagues could not bear to wait any longer. They began performing coronavirus tests, without government approval.
What came back confirmed their worst fear. They quickly had a positive test from a local teenager with no recent travel history. The coronavirus had already established itself on American soil without anybody realizing it.
It must have been here this entire time, Dr. Chu recalled thinking with dread. Its just everywhere already.
</snip>
By Sheri Fink and Mike Baker
March 10, 2020
Updated 10:27 p.m. ET
<snip>
In late January, the first confirmed American case of the coronavirus had landed in her area. Critical questions needed answers: Had the man infected anyone else? Was the deadly virus already lurking in other communities and spreading?
As luck would have it, Dr. Chu had a way to monitor the region. For months, as part of a research project into the flu, she and a team of researchers had been collecting nasal swabs from residents experiencing symptoms throughout the Puget Sound region.
To repurpose the tests for monitoring the coronavirus, they would need the support of state and federal officials. But nearly everywhere Dr. Chu turned, officials repeatedly rejected the idea, interviews and emails show, even as weeks crawled by and outbreaks emerged in countries outside of China, where the infection began.
By Feb. 25, Dr. Chu and her colleagues could not bear to wait any longer. They began performing coronavirus tests, without government approval.
What came back confirmed their worst fear. They quickly had a positive test from a local teenager with no recent travel history. The coronavirus had already established itself on American soil without anybody realizing it.
It must have been here this entire time, Dr. Chu recalled thinking with dread. Its just everywhere already.
</snip>
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'It's Just Everywhere Already': How Delays in Testing Set Back the U.S. Coronavirus Response (Original Post)
Dennis Donovan
Mar 2020
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Demovictory9
(32,449 posts)1. Yikes
SunSeeker
(51,550 posts)2. Holy crap.
uponit7771
(90,335 posts)3. K&R, China reported CV19 genetic sequence on Jan 12!! We still don't have WHO's mass test kits !!
Ms. Toad
(34,065 posts)4. Unfortunately, it does not surprise me.
liberalla
(9,242 posts)5. This is important info!
My gods what has drump done to us?
Dennis Donovan
(18,770 posts)6. I wish people listened to me a week ago.