The CDC’s $1.75 billion sequencing boom may be throwing money at the wrong problem
Published Date: 4/5/2021
Source: technologyreview.com
Shortly after President Biden was inaugurated, the man who was being given command of his coronavirus response had a message about what America needed to do. “We’re 43rd in the world in genomic sequencing,” said Jeff Zients at a press conference in January. “Totally unacceptable.” The answer, he suggested, was to “do the appropriate amount…