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That would have
been easy to understand if there had been
a national testing program, but that was still stalled. While countries
all over the world were testing thousands
of cases, the United States was testing
fewer than 100 a day. At that stage, the
only labs across the country that could legally test
for COVID were a few
public health laboratories and the CDC itself
been easy to understand if there had been
a national testing program, but that was still stalled. While countries
all over the world were testing thousands
of cases, the United States was testing
fewer than 100 a day. At that stage, the
only labs across the country that could legally test
for COVID were a few
public health laboratories and the CDC itself
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That would have
been easy to understand
00:00:03.436 --> 00:00:05.938
if there had been
a national testing program,
00:00:05.971 --> 00:00:08.074
but that was still stalled.
00:00:08.107 --> 00:00:10.001
While countries
all over the world
00:00:10.108 --> 00:00:12.444
were testing thousands
of cases,
00:00:12.478 --> 00:00:15.782
the United States was testing
fewer than 100 a day.
00:00:15.815 --> 00:00:19.385
At that stage, the
only labs across the country
00:00:19.418 --> 00:00:21.988
that could legally test
for COVID
00:00:22.002 --> 00:00:24.423
were a few
public health laboratories
00:00:24.456 --> 00:00:25.958
and the CDC itself.
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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.