[janetjanet998]

That is what I don’t understand? Who makes these test kits? Why is only ours defective? Why can’t we send A plane to japan or Italy and load it it up

Why do we have to wait weeks

[Jane Long]

That’s where this is so fishy....well, that and how bungled all of the other CDC recommendations have been, so far (aren’t they the ones who first suggested that the Diamond Princess cruise pax STAY on the ship, from day one?)...the faulty test kits is just another misstep along the way, it seems.

Almost as if by plan.

[BusterDog]

"Who makes these test kits? Why is only ours defective?"

This could be the rationalization for not releasing the real infected case number.

All you need is one semi-credible argument that there is some question about the test or the testing process that makes the results potentially unreliable and you can say we are having problems with the test, will have to retest, etc. and you don't have to release the numbers because they are not official.

As Americans we have brought lying in this manner to an absolute art form.

[Jane Long]

POTUS made comments to the presstitutes, regarding cv, on his way to boarding AF1, for his India trip.

He said that “President Xi loves his country, and will put a stop to this”.....

I think this thing is way out of Xi’s hand’s, at this point.

Prayers up for POTUS.

[Vermont Lt]

Someone wrote the other night that the complications come not from the test, but the use of some kind of equipment that is not common.

I guess it’s the use of that equipment that can discern between different kinds of CV.

What I DO understand is that this is not a “litmus” test. You don’t simply take blood and stick it in a machine and have it tell you what’s wrong.

[ETCM]

The CDC is maintaining strict control of their test kits. They are NOT available to hospitals, period. I'm not going to speculate why, because I would only be, well, speculating. But it does seem absurd that we are testing so few people when there is so much risk.

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)