Peter Navarro: CDC 'really let the country down' on coronavirus testing

White House trade adviser Peter Navarro said the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention let the American people down during the coronavirus pandemic.

“Early on in this crisis, the CDC, which really had the most trusted brand around the world in this space, really let the country down with the testing. Because not only did they keep the testing within the bureaucracy, they had a bad test. And that did set us back,” Navarro said Sunday on Meet the Press, adding, “The fact of the matter is, and what President Trump realized early on is that if you lock people down, you may save lives directly from the China virus. But you indirectly, you’re gonna kill a lot more people.”