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hlthe2b

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1. It means CDC has provided the state labs (and now some commercial labs) with the test and inspected

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Sun Mar 15, 2020, 07:52 AM

Mar 2020

their procedures and validated their results. Initially, CDC required them to send them to CDC for confirmation. Once a lab has been validated, they no longer have to do so. That is always the case when CDC develops a test for a new organism. As labs show they are able to do so with accuracy, they no longer have to double submit.

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Can someone explain this, "..no longer required to send positive tests to the CDC..."? [View all] ZenDem Mar 2020 OP

It means CDC has provided the state labs (and now some commercial labs) with the test and inspected hlthe2b Mar 2020 #1

Thank you! ZenDem Mar 2020 #6

Back at ya! hlthe2b Mar 2020 #7

Maybe they mean the literal samples dawg day Mar 2020 #2

That's how it sounds to me Cirque du So-What Mar 2020 #4

it means state laboratories will do the tests, and the results will be considered official. LisaL Mar 2020 #3

Well they can't skew the numbers now Historic NY Mar 2020 #5