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Top Official Says U.S. Missed Chances to Slow Virus
Top Official Says U.S. Missed Chances to Slow Virus
May 1, 2020 at 9:44 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 130 Comments
https://politicalwire.com/2020/05/01/top-official-says-u-s-missed-chances-to-slow-virus/
"SNIP.....
Dr. Anne Schuchat, the No. 2 official at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, told the Associated Press that the federal government was slow to understand how much coronavirus was spreading from Europe, which helped drive the acceleration of outbreaks across the nation.
She noted that limited testing and delayed travel alerts for areas outside China contributed to the jump in U.S. cases starting in late February.
Said Schuchat: “We clearly didn’t recognize the full importations that were happening.”
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