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Sep 30, 2020 • 3 tweets • 2 min read • Read on X
As the #PresidentialDebate2020 tries to tackle the COVID-19 topic, here's our story from March about how the CDC fumbled its communication with public health officials & underestimated the threat: propublica.org/article/intern…
And here's a piece from earlier this month about how the federal govt. has yet to execute a strategy for testing asymptomatic people:
propublica.org/article/americ…
Just last week, we took a look at everything that still needs to happen before there can be a viable COVID vaccine available to the public:
propublica.org/article/a-real…

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