and the US didn't refuse to buy testing kits from Germany or WHO (b/c that's not how it works). The CDC took the same path that it took for previous outbreaks and pandemics ... develop their own.
https://khn.org/news/biden-falsely-blames-trump-administration-for-rejecting-who-coronavirus-test-kits-that-were-never-offered/
The CDC/FDA should have got out of the private sector's way, but federal bureaucracy caused it (that didn't start with the current admin, nor did it probably start with the last).
Edited by Sal at 00:03:09 on 03/17/20