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To: janetjanet998
“If we do well, we can avert any serious crisis, but if we squander the opportunity then we will have a serious problem on our hands,” WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said in Geneva.

Then close down all entry points. Get enough working test kits that can be handled locally. Start moving healthcare businesses here.

786 posted on 02/22/2020 7:30:23 AM PST by bgill (CDC site doesn't recommend wearing a mask to protect from COVID-19)
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To: bgill
Get enough working test kits that can be handled locally

The current test kits being distributed by CDC uses a technology (Real-Time Reverse Transcriptase (RT)-PCR) that exists in very few laboratories and almost no hospitals. It is designed for a specific piece of equipment, and the CDC won't even send out kits to hospitals or labs that are not properly equipped.

From the (CDC) horses mouth:

CDC’s test kit is intended for use by laboratories designated by CDC as qualified, and in the United States, certified under the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) to perform high complexity tests. The test kits also will be shipped to qualified international laboratories, such as World Health Organization (WHO) Global Influenza Surveillance Response System (GISRS) laboratories. The test will not be available in U.S. hospitals or other primary care settings. The kits will be distributed through the International Reagent Resourceexternal icon (IRR)
I suspect this equipment (Applied Biosystems 7500 Fast DX Real-Time PCR Instrument) is, like most medical lab equipment, either made in China, or dependent on Chinese parts, so labs that don't have one now, will probably not be getting one.
843 posted on 02/22/2020 11:48:06 AM PST by ETCM
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