The fda delayed approval of various test kits od. That i think was a terrible mistake. We have episode with paul romer on that of from long, long ago. He was an early champion of more testing and i think he was right. It's a tragedy that wasn't done. They had to go through the standard pro that every drug. The government did speed it up, i'm sure. But we, i said they, and i said the fda, andi said the government. I could have who are those people? Why is it that we don't know the names of the panelists on the fdaWho may we mabe we do know the names
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