"A miracle has occurred: In the face of the impending epidemic, the FDA has actually decided to remove its bureaucratic roadblocks that have kept mass Covid-19 testing from happening here in the States.
"Some good news (Essentially FDA is no longer going to stop States, Hospitals, and Medical Professionals from using tests created by experts and institutions) Background: There has not been enough testing because the CDC and the FDA wanted to develop a uniform test that everyone would use. Major news channels (reporting on this) in days prior were comparing how much testing was happening in South Korea for example to how much testing was happening in California for example. Sick people have been told they could not get coronavirus tests done in California if they had not recently traveled to China (for example). The reason in part has to do with the limited availability of test kits. This news today means that there will be many more sources for test kits available which alleviates the supply chain problems for coronavirus test kits in the United States." -- Micah Blumberg"
"Some good news (Essentially FDA is no longer going to stop States, Hospitals, and Medical Professionals from using tests created by experts and institutions) Background: There has not been enough testing because the CDC and the FDA wanted to develop a uniform test that everyone would use. Major news channels (reporting on this) in days prior were comparing how much testing was happening in South Korea for example to how much testing was happening in California for example. Sick people have been told they could not get coronavirus tests done in California if they had not recently traveled to China (for example). The reason in part has to do with the limited availability of test kits. This news today means that there will be many more sources for test kits available which alleviates the supply chain problems for coronavirus test kits in the United States." -- Micah Blumberg"