Posted on 02/26/2020 2:17:18 PM PST by Vermont Lt
Continuation of the Thread
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Breaking911
@Breaking911
JUST IN: Trump administration mulls using sweeping powers to ramp up production of gear to protect against coronavirus - Reuters
I have a question, three actually:
My crude understanding is that the CDC test employs an extra step to reduce false positives (and maybe false negatives too.) Apparently the “simpler” test or tests result in many more errors. But either the CDC test is much harder to produce or run, or both. (Cost might be a factor, but I’d think that even with tests in the tens of thousands, that’s not really the big concern. 100k tests @ $1000 ea. is “only” 1 hundred million dollars.
1) Can someone further explain and correct the above as needed, without getting so heavily into tech jargon that only those well versed in the field can understand it?
2) There should be a reasonable estimate of error frequency for the simpler tests by now - does anyone know what it is?
3) Has anyone (gov’t, outside expert, etc.) guessed at the time frame for the US to come up with 10k or 100k of either type test kit?
CA Gov Newscum announces 8400 under observation for the virus in Kalifornia
Yes!
Meg Tirrell
@megtirrell
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CA governor says state public health officials spoke with CDC within the last few hours about testing protocols, and was assured they would be “advanced with urgency.” Says CA has just a few hundred testing kits, “simply inadequate
SPAIN - 2 new cases
The new infections in Castilla y León, Valencia, Barcelona and Madrid raise 23 hospitalized in Spain
Castilla y León, Madrid, Barcelona and Valencia have confirmed on Thursday 12 more cases of coronavirus.
One of the two new infected in Madrid, who had not traveled outside the country, is in serious condition at the hospital in Torrejón de Ardoz
https://elpais.com/sociedad/2020/02/27/actualidad/1582788331_279244.html
viruses not viri. It is third declension not second.
Wouldn’t doubt it, at all.
It would be in the interests of Iran’s mullahs to spread this coronavirus. I note that it’s spread seems to be in the Western Europe nations that have been accepting ME refugees.
Welllllll......ironic, indeed.
Interesting observation.
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Infected probably several days in the “Tropical Island” +++ According to a report, a person infected with the corona virus is said to have spent several days in the “Tropical Island” water park in Brandenburg. As the RBB writes, the person had visited the bath with a group of five between February 20 and 23. The person is said to have been in contact with the infected couple from North Rhine-Westphalia. Experts from the Charité in Berlin had assessed the risk of infection from the climatic conditions as low, said Brandenburg Health Minister Ursula Nonnemacher.
Forgot to add, and doing business with Iran.
bkmk
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Posted on 2/27/2020, 4:17:14 PM by lasereye
http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3820062/posts
Interesting discussion.
I guess the threads are dead.
Thats OK. I guess.
Its just the flu and we have it under control.
I simply wish the moderators would communicate what they are doing.
So anyway. Good night and good luck.
I did not feel like fighting with the Humblegunner again anyway.
Carry on.
No!
Noooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!
If he has a nice large glass of prune juice every morning, he'll do okay for the day. If not - watch out!
#Coronavirusbrasil number of suspected cases of # covid19 in #Brasil rises steeply in 24 hours. Out of 20, we now have 132 suspected cases. However, only one case remains confirmed. #coronavirus
@Mbeltran
http://plataforma.saude.gov.br/novocoronavirus/#nCoV-2019-brazil
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