ONE MAJOR FAILURE BY FEDERAL AGENCIES in the first days of the COVID-19 pandemic was the development and release of an inaccurate and unreliable SARS-CoV-2 test, intended for use by public health labs. This was the finding of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) in a report […]
OIG Reports Its Findings about CDC’s First COVID Test Problems
OIG’s findings confirm problems in development of the test, along with root causes of these issues
- By Robert Michel
- > From the Volume XXXI, Number 1 - January 16, 2024 Issue
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