One of President Trump's top economic advisers criticized the CDC's early response to the coronavirus spread Sunday, telling MeetThePress the agency 'let the country down' initially with testing problems.
WASHINGTON — One of President Donald Trump's top economic advisers criticized the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's early response to theSunday, telling NBC's"Meet the Press" the CDC"let the country down" initially with testing problems.
When asked whether Trump had faith in the CDC, White House trade adviser Peter Navarro, and coordinator of the Defense Production Act response, said that is a question for the president before criticizing the federal health agency's initial response to the"Early on in this virus, the CDC, which really had the most trusted brand around the world in this space, really let the country down with the testing because not only did they keep the testing within the bureaucracy, they had a bad...
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