[mrdrozdov]

The actual title is: How the CDC’s Restrictive Testing Guidelines Hid the Coronavirus Epidemic

This is very different from guidelines in general. Encouraging people to avoid large crowds, wash their hands and wipe surfaces, and possibly self-quarantine could have made a huge impact earlier on.

Instead, people kept going to bars, concerts, and traveling. A lot could have been done, and testing is only part of the story.

[dang]

Yes, we've reverted the title now. Submitters: "Please use the original title, unless it is misleading or linkbait; don't editorialize." https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

(Submitted title was "CDC Guidelines Hid the Coronavirus Epidemic")

[mrdrozdov]

Cheers.