Trump's CDC is telling California labs they will not be allowed to test for Coronavirus

[littlemissmartypants]

Link to tweet

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Trump's CDC is telling California labs they will not be allowed to test for Coronavirus (except 2 labs in the state).
Is this part of Trump's plan to cover up the extent of the pandemic? Lawmakers out here are outraged by Trump's red tape preventing more testing.

Check out Dr. Robert Fortuna (@psychdr100): https://twitter.com/psychdr100?s=09

[sakabatou]

1. This is probably due to personal hatred of the state

[dewsgirl]

8. They aren't testing/are barely testing in other states either

there has to be community spread throughout the country by now, likely being misdiagnosed.

[RockRaven]

2. Newsom needs to pull every lever he has at his disposal to enable the contrary...

and make the situation that the feds must use physical force to stop the state from performing those tests. See how that plays on cable news, Dotard. Even to non-blue states, that will make Trump look like a murderous ghoulish shit-bird.

[BigmanPigman]

3. I am sure CA govt officials are

already drawing up Plan A, Plan B, Plan C, etc and won't take BS from the tRump admin. They will get around the Fed Govt BS one way or another. I trust them.

[LuckyLib]

4. California has no trouble thumbing its nose at the lunatic in the WH.

With many of the country's top research medical centers, they are already on this. They will walk right over The Dumpster to take the lead on this and the rest of the country's governors will be looking to CA for advice.

[sprinkleeninow]

5. Ho-lee...

Demonic.

[Hekate]

7. I hope Gov Newsom announces our world class universities can do their own damn testing

The mad king is really trying to break apart this nation. I hope whatever is making him sick hurts. A lot.

[Baitball Blogger]

9. If there is ever a time for billionaires to step in and put their money to good use,

it is now. This revenge spree from Trump is going to take on the perception of genocide if he prevails.

[C_U_L8R]

10. What are they going to do when Republicans start dying?

It's not like this pandemic follows party lines. The Trumps are making every dumb mistake possible. And the world notices.

[procon]

11. Another example of Trump's petty revenge and

retaliation attacks on a thriving blue state that fights off his mad decrees at every turn. During any sort of crisis, isn't the SOP a clarion call for an all hands on deck to deal with the problem? Obviously the more scientists we have working on finding a solution, the greater likelihood that someone will discover a solution.

As I see it, Trump can't claim bragging if California or any state develops a successful test, vaccine or cure, but if we limits testing labs to those managed by the CDC or NIH then he can pat himself on the back. There was also his remark about investors needed to develop a vaccine, making me think there's some sort of money involved.

[thesquanderer]

12. I'm not seeing that tweet at the link. Maybe it was wrong and deleted? (n/t)

[littlemissmartypants]

13. It's still there. The entire thread is quite interesting if you have time to read it.

Link to tweet

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Click directly on this tweet and follow it to the thread. ❤

[Retrograde]

14. Under what reasoning

and I use the term loosely - is this legal?