Irony.
Florida officials mum on coronavirus tests of state residents
State health officials are currently sending specimens to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention lab in Atlanta and waiting for results, which can take three to five days. That lab is handling specimens from across the country.
Rivkees says he hopes to have lab testing available at the state’s labs in Jacksonville, Tampa and Miami, but the kits that were issued were tainted and have to be remade and reissued.
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“It’s so wrong how China is handling this,” Scott told reporters on Tuesday morning at a mail distribution facility in Miami. “I think what you’ve seen is both the (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) and the (National Institutes of Health) have been more transparent as this has gone along. The problem that they do have is that the Chinese government is not transparent, so whatever you’re getting out of China, you’ve got to take with a grain of salt.”
He said of the 15 cases in the U.S., 13 people had traveled from the region where the virus began and the other two were relatives. He added that children are largely unaffected by the virus, and that getting a flu shot, washing hands and wearing face masks can largely mitigate the risk.
WHAT?!!!!
That'd better be a misquote, or... God help us...