A partnership between research groups and the Seattle and King County public health department including a CDC tech advisor that had been operating under authorization from the state and backed by public health leaders, the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and Mr. Gates has been shut down by the FDA.
The Seattle testing group said it had been in conversation with the F.D.A. since the beginning of March and initiated the process to obtain federal approval on March 23. That process included submitting data from testing so far on April 13.
The program allows people in the Seattle area to easily take a corona virus test at home. Researchers say such testing is essential for future monitoring of the virus.
Officials with the Food and Drug Administration told the partnership to cease its testing and reporting until the agency grants further approval.
I don’t like CT but I smell a rat here.
Here’s two stories on the research and the shutdown.
Close your eyes and everything just disappears.