MedCram lecture
Dr. Roger Sehault
Coronavirus Epidemic Update 27: Testing accuracy for COVID-19 (CT Scan vs. RT-PCR), California Cases
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQwfuJgJ9lo
Practical recommendations for critical care and anesthesiology teams caring for novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) patients
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12630-020-01591-x
Feb 28
Trump administration may use 1950 wartime law to expand mask production
https://www.cnn.com/asia/live-news/coronavirus-outbreak-02-27-20-intl-hnk/index.html
Officials are weighing whether to invoke the Defense Production Act, which would allow the administration to expand the manufacture of products deemed necessary for national security.
Trump administration officials have said they would need a bigger stockpile of masks to prevent the spread of the virus. There have been internal discussions about using the law to require companies to scale up the production of medical masks and other wearable equipment.
No decisions have been made yet, though officials have testified publicly about the shortage of available N95 masks.
The Defense Production Act was first passed in 1950 as a response to the Korean War.
Excellent vids. My takeaway:
30% false negatives using RT-PCR test. Worse at initial presentation. CT scans are more accurate.
Questions:
Is China including CT Scan results in their case numbers now?
Still hoping to see a good analysis here on the testing, or, have I missed it? (I can’t be on FR 24/7!)
Why can China send 20k test kits to Iran and we struggle with hundreds? Or are the Chinese kits almost worse than nothing? What the heck is going on here?