Why would CDC say no ?
No test kits available because they contaminated the few test kits they produced. It’s a simple $5-10 nucliec acid test that practically any lab in the country can replicate, and they only recently started giving them permission. My theory is they basically save the tests for close contacts of confirmed cases who haven’t yet developed symptoms. Bec. if they have symptoms and they suspect COVID they can isolate or treat them as if they’re confirmed without wasting a test kit. Same goes for anyone else that doesn’t fit their narrow criteria.
Meanwhile China, Italy, South Korea, Germany, have all tested tens of thousands of people and have the capacity to test more in 1 hour than the US tested in last 2 months. Even Iran is out testing the US by a significant margin.