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NY learned the hard way - because the CDC and WHO told them not to worry about a mysterious illness in Rockland County, because the patient had not had any contact with anyone from China. So NY went off to develop its own test, and got FDA approval, and tested. That's how they discovered they had the first major hot-spot in the US. I remember following it on New York 1 - aka Spectrum News - the local news channel. It was absurd.

Beginning of Feb:
NY: Can we test?
CDC and WHO: No, you have no contact with China.
NY: But JFK.

Mid-Feb:
NY: we think we have two cases, can we test?
CDC: The case you listed had no contact with China and we only allow tests for people who have these symptoms and contact with China.
NY: But - we think this could be COVID, they came from Iran
CDC: We'll review and get back to you.

NY: Frak this, we're going to develop our own test using WHO and CDC's guidelines through our own labs and get it approved via the FDA. Also can someone test that woman from IRAN.

About two weeks later

CDC: We reviewed...and yeah, go test.
NY: About that? We kind of already did, and we have one case from Iran, who we've quarantined -
CDC: okay.
NY: And about a 100 cases and counting in Rockland County, we're declaring a state of emergency, with your approval of course.
CDC:....

NY has not forgiven the CDC and WHO for this by the way.

Then later?

NY: Uhm, we discovered that our strain came from Italy and not China.
CDC: Wait. What?
NY: There appears to be two strains, and ours may be more virulent -
WHO: Uhm, you have to be wrong about that. It's only China.
NY: We think it mutated.

Then much later.

WHO & CDC: Kids recover and don't die from the virus - so that's good news.
NY: Eh, about that - we just discovered this weird inflammatory condition in kids and they all tested positive for the virus, we have 25 cases, and many are serious and dying.
WHO & CDC: ...

Talk about epic fail! This would be hilarious if we weren't living it. So NY went and found their own experts worldwide. They are ignoring the Federal Government at the moment.