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ZenDem

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6. Thank you!

Reply to hlthe2b (Reply #1)

Sun Mar 15, 2020, 08:01 AM

Mar 2020

I was still half asleep, so I had to read that paragraph 2-3 times. First time I thought it said states didn't have to report cases to the CDC...at all.

Thank you for helping me with my reading comprehension! Oh...and good morning!

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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