他所工作的機構 Seattle Flu study 目前有過去兩年的流行感冒患者的鼻腔採樣標本, 冠狀病毒從一月開始一直到現在都可能在社區傳播......
因為 CDC, FDA的禁止, Dr. Chu 告訴紐約時報: 我們感覺就是坐等疫情的爆發, 我們無能為力, 因為我們不能做任何事"
State health officials joined Chu in asking the CDC and Food and Drug Administration to waive privacy rules and allow clinical tests in a research lab, citing the threat of significant loss of life. The CDC and FDA said no. "We felt like we were sitting, waiting for the pandemic to emerge," Chu told the Times. "We could help. We couldn't do anything."