Lawmakers grilled Dr. Robert Redfield over the CDC's response, including what is still seen as the agency's cardinal sin: The faulty test kits it produced early this year that cost the public precious time as the virus spread unchecked around the country
In a congressional hearing on Thursday, lawmakers grilled Redfield over the CDC's response to the pandemic, including what is still seen as the agency's cardinal sin: The faulty test kits it produced early this year that cost the public precious time as the virus spread unchecked around the country. While acknowledging some CDC shortcomings on Thursday, Redfield pushed back on criticism of the agency's coronavirus test.
Contamination at CDC lab likely cause of testing delay 02:31That exchange on Thursday offers a window into the trouble Redfield has had in navigating the delicate politics of the pandemic. And it reinforced why his leadership has come under fire recently.
CDC director: I'm accurately quoted in Washington Post 04:47Smith, who had neither a scientific background nor a role at Walter Reed, testified alongside Burke and Redfield in 1992 to lobby Congress for more money for military research. The CDC says Smith has no role at the agency.
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