Can someone explain this, "..no longer required to send positive tests to the CDC..."?

[ZenDem]

EDIT: Solved!!! Thanks everyone for the clarification! You completely eased my mind. I knew I could count on this place to have real answers.
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I've searched for clarification, but came up empty. Now, is it just the confirmation that doesn't need to be reported, or is this going to skew the actual count/location of infection? Can't find a damned thing...

Also of note, according to the release: “As of today, the state laboratory is no longer required to send positive tests to the CDC for confirmation. Results from tests conducted at the state laboratory are considered final, including results for this case today.”

https://www.kctv5.com/coronavirus/fifth-person-tests-positive-for-covid--in-missouri/article_91d52004-665e-11ea-9bf1-5371d840852e.html

[hlthe2b]

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

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.

[ZenDem]

6. Thank you!

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!

[hlthe2b]

7. Back at ya!

[dawg day]

2. Maybe they mean the literal samples

Don't need to send the swabs for verification, just report the results?

[Cirque du So-What]

4. That's how it sounds to me

Running second analyses is a significant bottleneck and unnecessary redundancy.

[LisaL]

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

They don't need to send tests to CDC anymore for confirmation.

[Historic NY]

5. Well they can't skew the numbers now