Specifically, the CDC bungled the response. https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/after-missteps-cdc-says-its-coronavirus-test-kit-ready-primetime-n114520

Specifically, the CDC bungled the response. https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/after-missteps-cdc-says-its-coronavirus-test-kit-ready-primetime-n1145206 https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/after-missteps-cd... There are over 100 labs in the US that are able to develop these sorts of tests, but the CDC told them not to, and to wait for the CDC kit, which turned out to not work. The CDC also required such narrow criteria to get a test that few qualified. This meant many went untested. How would this have been different than with a nationalized health system? It wouldn't.