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Why did the USA fail in its initial coronavirus response?

'It’s a failing, let's admit it’ says Dr Anthony Fauci, Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. What’s America been getting wrong?

β€˜It’s a failing, let's admit it’ says top health official, Dr Anthony Fauci. He’s talking about the fact that it took a month for a working coronavirus test to be rolled out around the country, while other countries were testing thousands of people. How was this allowed to happen? In this edition of The Inquiry, we explore the ways in which the US lost valuable time in dealing with the coronavirus and how their health system could make things more difficult still.

(A cleaning crew adjusts protective clothing as they prepare to enter the Nursing ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ in Kirkland, Seattle Washington which has had the most deaths due to COVID-19 in the USA.Credit:John Moore/Getty Images)

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