True.
There are a few problems, however.
The kits have been slow to arrive in most states—very slow.
The outsourced labs are just getting up to speed on how to use them.
Even though the Feds relaxed the standards to allow additional testing, it appears some states (like my CT) are intentionally slow walking their tests to keep the number of confirmed CV cases artificially low.
Here in CT, a doctor worked in two different hospitals, met with patients, touched all sort of surfaces and then later got symptoms and tested positive for the CV.
He probably infected dozens of people who have already infected dozens of more people, including new patients in the hospitals (which should have been closed until they were decontaminated but were kept open instead).
So we probably have several hundred easily identifiable people who should be tested—the employees and patients of the two hospitals for starters.
The state has conducted tests for a grand total of twelve people.
I kid you not.
Oh I am not the least bit surprised by the rank incompetence of the CDC. I was just commenting that one kit would test more than one person. That caught my attention when I heard the blurb.
The entire upper echelon of the CDC needs to be taken to the woodshed and tossed on their ears. Political hacks, one and all.