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# Secret Investigation Documents Reveal How The CDC’s First COVID Test Failed In The Pandemic’s Early Days
- URL: https://werd.io/secret-investigation-documents-reveal-how-the-cdcs-first-covid-test/
- Published: 2021-12-09T04:26:46.000Z
- Updated: 2021-12-09T04:26:46.000Z
- Author: Ben Werdmuller
- Tags: #Import 2025-06-13 09:24

"In the US, the responsibility for developing a test fell to the CDC. \[...\] The team tasked with developing the nation’s first test was in the tiny RVD lab, which included four smaller procedure rooms, all located on the seventh floor of Building 18 at the CDC headquarters. In January 2020, the RVD lab was staffed by nine people — only three of whom were full-time employees."

\[[Link](https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/danvergano/covid-test-false-positive-failure-cdc-documents)\]