“In relative peacetime of no major outbreaks, no major pandemics, it’ll be fine,” said Jill Taylor, who directed the Wadsworth Center, New York State’s public health laboratory, until October 2020.

But, she said, “If we have an emergency all of a sudden, God help us.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/01/health/cdc-rabies-mpox-tests-paused.html

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