This is the famous (pay-walled) NYT article never reported anywhere but the Internet, and even there it is hard to find. Your best bet is search engine
Yandex.
The FDA gave no guidance on PCR threshold settings. This was left up to states and local health authorities.
The number of new cases was the top of the news every day. On these, lockdowns, isolation policies, and controversial treatments like Remdesivir were based.************The number of people with positive results who aren’t infectious is particularly concerning, said Scott Becker, executive director of the Association of Public Health Laboratories. “That worries me a lot, just because it’s so high,” he said, adding that the organization intended to meet with Dr. Mina to discuss the issue...."
