FDA halts Bill Gates coronavirus testing program

[RandySF]

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) halted a coronavirus testing program promoted by billionaire Bill Gates and Seattle health officials pending reviews.

The program sought to send test kits to the homes of people both healthy and sick to try to bring the country to the level of testing officials say is necessary before states can begin safely reopening. The program, which had already gone through thousands of tests, found dozens of cases that had been previously undiagnosed.

The Seattle Coronavirus Assessment Network (SCAN) said on its website that the FDA had asked it to pause testing while it receives additional authorizations, but maintained its procedures are safe.

“[T]he Food & Drug Administration (FDA) recently clarified its guidance for home-based, self-collected samples to test for COVID-19. We have been notified that a separate federal emergency use authorization (EUA) is required to return results for self-collected tests," the program said. "The FDA has not raised any concerns regarding the safety and accuracy of SCAN’s test, but we have been asked to pause testing until we receive that additional authorization."




https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/498104-fda-halts-bill-gates-coronavirus-testing-program?__twitter_impression=true&__twitter_impression=true

[Roland99]

1. That's gonna fuel the conspiracy theorist Covidiots

[Ferrets are Cool]

2. SMH

[napi21]

3. I smell rotten orange rind that influenced the FDA! Sure can't let Gates get any credit that HE

doesn't get! HE's got to remain Top Jackass y'know.

[Marie Marie]

5. Plus, more tests will equal more positive results.

The only hard work Trump has put into any of this is keeping the number of cases and death artificially low. Oh, yeah, I smell a rat.

[cayugafalls]

7. +1000000

Bingo!

Trump: Without Coronavirus Testing ‘We Would Have Very Few Cases,’ Here Is The Reaction

In a speech on Thursday at Owens and Minor, a medical supply distributor located in Allentown, PA, President Donald Trump wondered whether testing for Covid-19 coronavirus is “overrated.” He then proceeded to say, “And don’t forget, we have more cases than anybody in the world. But why? Because we do more testing.”

Next, he clarified: “When you test, you have a case. When you test, you find something is wrong with people. If we didn’t do any testing, we would have very few cases.”

https://www.forbes.com/sites/brucelee/2020/05/15/trump-without-doing-covid-19-coronavirus-testing-we-would-have-very-few-cases-here-is-the-reaction/#28ab527c518c

[Karadeniz]

4. When all else fails, fall back on red tape.

[oasis]

9. The GOP hates regulations, but in this case, no so much.

[gab13by13]

6. So when will the FDA shut down Sean Penn?

[lunasun]

8. I hope not! Sean Penn has helped in Chicago thanks to his charity organization

https://www.newsbreak.com/illinois/chicago/news/0P1KtuDb/chicago-to-open-six-more-testing-sites-in-neighborhoods-will-work-with-actor-sean-penns-charity-to-try-reaching-goal-of-10000-tests-per-day

WH wants to do nothing and also stop others =evil

[duforsure]

10. trumps weaponized Fema

To use as a weapon against those he hates , and wants to prevent their progress helping people , but trump wants them to help him , or else he does this. Just like he has Barr doing now protecting him over the American people, and using the DOTJ as a personal weapon against anyone opposing him. Putin does the same things in russia too , corrupt the government to use for self dealing , and self protection. trump doing things this way is escalating.

[pnwmom]

11. I participated in that -- was negative, as I expected. But it made so much sense to randomly test

neighborhoods, to see what's out there.

So of course Trump's trying to stop it.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

12. Trump doesn't like Gates making him look bad

He's smarter and wealthier than Trump

[crickets]

13. K&R for visibility.