I don’t think it is nearly as bad as your criticisms imply. Remember, their job is “surveillance”. You want a tool for specificity. Once you understand alpha and beta errors you’ll what I am saying. A test to help make a diagnosis has a different sensitivity/specificity (remember Heisenberg’s cat?)
“(remember Heisenberg’s cat?)”
No, nobody remembers Heisenberg’s cat. They may remember Schrodinger’s cat.
The point is they didnt even try for test runs. How many people died while they stuffed their thumbs up their asses, and then glory of glorys they apparently got their ‘alpha and beta’ tests back and in record time....after the internet was showing it worked and approved of its use! What value does a bueracracy have when they dont even allow for people being killed in 5 days after contracting the disease, not to try this on them to attempt a love saving measure? France is farther ahead of the curve than the FDA.