David Lim
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I can confirm I’ve heard from multiple labs that there isn’t an understanding of what exactly went wrong with the third reagent in CDC’s diagnostic test. #COVID19.
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Studies profile lung changes in asymptomatic COVID-19, viral loads in patient samples
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Mary Van Beusekom | News Writer| CIDRAP News | Feb 25, 2020
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Examining chest x-rays and CT scans
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In new research developments, a team from Wuhan, China, reports that even asymptomatic patients with COVID-19 pneumonia have abnormal lung findings on computed tomography (CT), and a group from Beijing noted that viral loads from infected patients appear to peak 5 to 6 days after symptom onset
Comment of something to consider in lieu of tests. Has the CDC made doctors aware of this?
What went wrong?
The nevertrumpers and ‘resistance’ people there realized in late January that they could absolutely use this epidemic against trump.
And took their ball and went home.
Sabotage by RESIST?
I read this somewhere - can’t remember where - that the US kit is somehow different than the ones used in most other countries.* If that is true, I would guess that the US version was intended to reduce the rather alarming number of false negatives in tests in China, etc., that I recall reading about a few weeks ago. (I can see that in the US’ legal and cultural environment, false negatives would be a huge problem when it comes to containing the virus.)
*If someone here has solid info on that, I’d sure like to see it.
It was mentioned here on FR that even B4 this issue with the US test kits came up, test kits elsewhere were in short supply. The South Koreans came up with whatever they are using, fast, but is there still a shortage overall?
Not having allowed for this sort of thing is not an excuse. It’s just unacceptable that we can’t test much of anything at this point. Heads should roll and public apology explaining clearly what the heck went wrong should be made. Otherwise, public mistrust of the CDC gains deserved traction - a possible disaster if this situation really gets bad, here.
If such disclosure is not made immediately (like, 7 a.m. tomorrow morning): C’mon, press! For once do your job and dig this out if need be. It may well be your own health at risk.