In a long article published in early June, the New York Times details a long series of mistakes made by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention during the coronavirus pandemic.
The C.D.C., long considered the world’s premier health agency, made early testing mistakes that contributed to a cascade of problems that persist today as the country tries to reopen. It failed to provide timely counts of infections and deaths, hindered by aging technology and a fractured public health reporting system. And it hesitated in absorbing the lessons of other countries, including the perils of silent carriers spreading the infection.
These mistakes, along with the government’s stranglehold on health care, made a bad situation worse. Click here to read the entire article.