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Many labs gave up rather than face the thicket
of bureaucratic rules. But Alex Greninger
did not give up, and instead began to slog through
the FDA regulatory process. So at that point, you had
to really go fully in. You gotta make your own test. So we got the template
and the paperwork. You couldn't get
the comments back until you mail in
the document. Even though you'd
email a document, you had to burn it to a CD
or a USB and physically send
the document as well. The original process suggested testing 50 positive samples, but in that case in the U.S.,
there were 14 known cases
of bureaucratic rules. But Alex Greninger
did not give up, and instead began to slog through
the FDA regulatory process. So at that point, you had
to really go fully in. You gotta make your own test. So we got the template
and the paperwork. You couldn't get
the comments back until you mail in
the document. Even though you'd
email a document, you had to burn it to a CD
or a USB and physically send
the document as well. The original process suggested testing 50 positive samples, but in that case in the U.S.,
there were 14 known cases
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Many labs gave up
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rather than face the thicket
of bureaucratic rules.
00:00:05.973 --> 00:00:08.042
But Alex Greninger
did not give up,
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and instead began
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to slog through
the FDA regulatory process.
00:00:12.812 --> 00:00:15.281
So at that point, you had
to really go fully in.
00:00:15.314 --> 00:00:17.998
You gotta make your own test.
00:00:17.116 --> 00:00:19.385
So we got the template
and the paperwork.
00:00:19.419 --> 00:00:20.855
You couldn't get
the comments back
00:00:20.888 --> 00:00:23.029
until you mail in
the document.
00:00:23.323 --> 00:00:24.792
Even though you'd
email a document,
00:00:24.825 --> 00:00:27.093
you had to burn it to a CD
or a USB
00:00:27.127 --> 00:00:28.895
and physically send
the document as well.
00:00:28.928 --> 00:00:31.865
The original process suggested
00:00:31.899 --> 00:00:35.335
testing 50 positive samples,
00:00:35.368 --> 00:00:37.303
but in that case in the U.S.,
there were 14 known cases.
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Movie Summary
An in-depth look at how the United States government handled the response to the COVID-19 outbreak during the early months of the pandemic.
