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  • CDC Reverses Course Again on Using Race As Testing Criteria

    CDC Reverses Course Again on Using Race As Testing Criteria

    Minority Groups with Higher Case and Death Rates Deemed a Priority, Then Not By Afi Scruggs After changing the guidelines to test ethnic minority groups disproportionately affected by COVID-19, the CDC reversed course again Wednesday, saying that African Americans exposed to the virus could not get tested without symptoms. A May 3 directive allowed physicians…

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