Even the former chairman of the FDA admits that the FDA is the main reason why the US doesn't have enough coronavirus tests.[1] If not for the FDA we would hav

Even the former chairman of the FDA admits that the FDA is the main reason why the US doesn't have enough coronavirus tests.[1] If not for the FDA we would have ramped up testing 6 weeks earlier. Labs were already developing and doing their own tests in January, but the FDA clamped down on them and forced them spend weeks jumping through bureaucratic hoops.[2] The only test approved by the FDA was one made by the CDC, which turned out to not work due to a bad batch of reagents. The FDA is also the biggest reason why EpiPens cost so much[3], why a drug company can increase the price of Daraprim 50x without worrying about being undercut by competitors[4], and why there is no generic insulin in the US[5] (despite the molecule being off-patent because it was discovered a century ago). These regulations are killing thousands of Americans every year. 1. https://twitter.com/ScottGottliebMD/status/1224042220665307137 https://twitter.com/ScottGottliebMD/status/12240422206653071... 2. https://thedispatch.com/p/timeline-the-regulationsand-regulatorsthat https://thedispatch.com/p/timeline-the-regulationsand-regula... 3. https://slatestarcodex.com/2016/08/29/reverse-voxsplaining-drugs-vs-chairs/ https://slatestarcodex.com/2016/08/29/reverse-voxsplaining-d... 4. https://slatestarcodex.com/2015/09/24/the-problems-with-generic-medications-go-deeper-than-one-company/ https://slatestarcodex.com/2015/09/24/the-problems-with-gene... 5. https://slatestarcodex.com/2019/04/30/buspirone-shortage-in-healthcaristan-ssr/ https://slatestarcodex.com/2019/04/30/buspirone-shortage-in-...