Bottom line: It is normal for the US government to develop its own disease testing under CDC. Experts in CDC are typically very good at it. But in the case of coronavirus, the US government developed a flawed test, creating lengthy delays in testing and in parallel left obstacles in place that would have shortened the delay. Meanwhile, U.S. government officials have repeatedly misled the public and policy makers. In total, more than 8 weeks were lost due to policy failure. This post explains and documents this remarkable policy failure.
Though the article comes off as an excuse to somehow deny Trump any claim for actually addressing the pandemic well before the situation even got serious.
Here's the summary for his "damning" assessment:
Though the article comes off as an excuse to somehow deny Trump any claim for actually addressing the pandemic well before the situation even got serious.