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cord-333732-dtfmcqh6	Johnson, Walter G	Legislating in the Time of a Pandemic: Window of Opportunity or Invitation for Recklessness?	2020-06-15		.txt	text/plain	2864	165	44	24 However, the early enforcement decisions and lack of early engagement with industry had already discouraged many clinical laboratories from developing or seeking authorization for LDTs, 25 and the delayed availability of testing during the initial weeks of the pandemic significantly exacerbated the spread of the virus in the U.S. The U.S. legislative process for any given issue is characterized by static inertia interrupted by an occasional "policy window" opened by external changes or events that suddenly catapult a specific issue to the forefront of Congressional attention. Using the window of opportunity created by COVID-19, with the demonstrated urgency to reform emergency norms, to enact the comprehensive reform of diagnostics regulation provided by the VALID Act would therefore exemplify the type of crisis-based lawmaking that has been successful in the past to create much of our public health legislation.	./cache/cord-333732-dtfmcqh6.txt	./txt/cord-333732-dtfmcqh6.txt