Only three U.S. states can test for coronavirus: public lab group

Reuters ^ | February 21, 2020 | by Saumya Sibi Joseph

[Oldeconomybuyer]

California, Nebraska and Illinois are the only U.S. states that can currently test for coronavirus, the Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL) told Reuters.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) last week said some of the testing kits sent to U.S. states and at least 30 countries produced "inconclusive" results due to a flawed component and the CDC planned to send replacement materials to make the kits work.

The CDC has set up surge testing capacity until new testing kits become available, said Scott Becker, the executive director of APHL, which represents public health laboratories in the United States.

[Mr. Jeeves]

They don’t know how many cases are in the US right now. Because they don’t want to know.

If they can pass it off as “just the ordinary flu” for a little while longer, they hope maybe Spring will come and it will die down.

[ifinnegan]

Testing conditions and parameters are rigorous.

It takes a while to show validation and good laboratory practice.

It avoids shoddy tests and decreases false negatives or positives.

[txrefugee]

What can you expect from the CDC, a government agency that promotes flu shots every year and 12,000-15,000 Americans die of the flu, most of them having been vaccinated?

[blam]

CDC Warns Coronavirus Coming To US, Will Be "Tremendous Public Health Threat"

"During the press conference, the CDC described the virus as a "tremendous public healht threat" and warned that human to human transmission in the US is "very possible, even likely.""

[Lurkinanloomin]

That’s so reassuring.........

[Lurkinanloomin]

I never get the shot, it’s always last year’s flu they are vaccinating against.

[null and void]

No test = no diagnosis = no confirmed cases = no panic...

Bring Out Your Dead

Post to me or FReep mail to be on/off the Bring Out Your Dead ping list.

The purpose of the “Bring Out Your Dead” ping list (formerly the “Ebola” ping list) is very early warning of emerging pandemics, as such it has a high false positive rate.

So far the false positive rate is 100%.

At some point we may well have a high mortality pandemic, and likely as not the “Bring Out Your Dead” threads will miss the beginning entirely.

*sigh* Such is life, and death...

If a quarantine saves just one child's life, it's worth it.

[Karl Spooner]

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) last week said some of the testing kits sent to U.S. states and at least 30 countries produced "inconclusive" results due to a flawed component.."

Brought to by the Obama folks in CDC that tried their hardest to bring Ebola to the United Sates.

[Jane Long]

From your link...

......Update (1240ET): As we mentioned below, the CDC had some pretty chilling words for the American public during a press conference on Friday. During the 12:15pm ET update, the organization warned that it had centralized ‘surge’ virus response due to a lack of testing kits and the fact that every state but three is unprepared for the epidemic.

During the press conference, the CDC described the virus as a “tremendous public healht threat” and warned that human to human transmission in the US is “very possible, even likely.”

The announcement comes after the Washington Post reported last night that the CDC opposed the State Department’s decision to bring the 14 Americans confirmed to have been infected with the virus aboard the ‘Diamond Princess’ back to the US with the other ~300 evacuees - thereby breaking the quarantine and risking a broader outbreak, and exposing many of the passengers on the flight who hadn’t been infected to the virus.

The CDC was so mad, it reportedly asked for its name to be removed from a press release about the evacuation.

We also noted at the time that the decision to break the quarantine and bring the 14 infected persons back seemed idiotic.

So far, it’s looking like that’s exactly what’s happening: As we noted earlier, 11 of 13 people quarantined in Nebraska have now tested positive.

Just imagine what happens if it hits Omaha, or Chicago. Or New York (which has already had a few scares):

[Jamestown1630]

I think I’d rather have the CDC looking out for me than the WHO.

[GOPJ]

From link:

One patient in Chengdu was discharged from a local hospital and was quarantined for 14 days at home, but somehow became reinfected. And doctors quoted in the story said her case isn’t unique.

One patient in Chengdu was discharged from a local hospital and was quarantined for 14 days at home, but somehow became reinfected. And doctors quoted in the story said her case isn’t unique.

UPI reported earlier that several patients in China who were discharged from hospitals after making a full recovery have been reinfected, citing reports in the People’s Daily on Friday.

One patient in Chengdu was discharged from a local hospital and was quarantined for 14 days at home, but somehow became reinfected. And doctors quoted in the story said her case isn’t unique.

It’s also possible to catch the flu twice in one season, but that is rare.

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https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/cases-covid-19-south-korea-double-overnight-alarming-prison-outbreak-reported-china
from link:

Update (1100ET): Epoch Times’ Jennifer Zeng is reporting that in parts of China, the government has signaled to workers that they will be “punished” if they don’t report back to work.

And for everyone who gets infected, don’t expect your employer to deal with it, Zeng adds. “if you get infected, it is not a work-related injury. You are on your own.”

[Vermont Lt]

I worked in a building with a lab and some pretty smart folk.

Guess what....its not that difficult. It might not have the CDC blue Ribbon, but they can run the test. The “problem” comes when you try to bill it. Absurd...isn’t it?

[Vermont Lt]

Any hospital is a shoddy lab should be shut down. And they are often. That is what the Joint Commission does.

Any third year med-tech student should be able to run this test.

(And they are...all over the country.)

[ifinnegan]

“Any third year med-tech student should be able to run this test.”

It’s not running the test, it’s validation and associated GLP that takes time.