First death from #COVID19 reported in the US. The fact that the first cases detected are severe, means more widespread transmission is ongoing.
Botched response - only two months after the start of the epidemic, is the US ramping up diagnostic testing.https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/29/world/coronavirus-news.html …
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And when I say "ramping up", I mean exactly that - *currently* there is virtually no scalable diagnostic capacity in place and today's
@US_FDA announcement - and others - is about developing new tests - none of which are currently available.https://www.fda.gov/news-events/press-announcements/coronavirus-covid-19-update-fda-issues-new-policy-help-expedite-availability-diagnostics …6 antwoorden 26 retweets 63 vind-ik-leuksDeze collectie tonen -
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What do you mean by "no scalable diagnostic capability"? There are of several tests on the market already, as well as several protocols for in-house PCRs. I agree that rapid tests would be valuable and a welcome addition. But real-time PCR is easily scalable technology.
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It's not the tests themselves that pose a problem it's the fact that the capacity to perform them isn't in place. Here's a good overall background - there are many others:https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/02/why-has-the-us-cdc-done-so-little-coronavirus-testing.html …
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There’s always been more than ample “capacity” in place, the issue was the narrowness in what was previously approved. That’s why this announcement is actually quite important: it addressed the most rate limiting issue in the US.
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Yup, agreed - and yes, this announcement is very important to help resolve the issue. However, we are two months into the epidemic and making these decisions now is being very late to the game - plus what's described in the announcement still needs to be developed and implemented
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Agreed this is way too late—from the outside looking in, my guess is that perhaps they assumed solely relying on the IRR mechanism for activating >50 SPHLs was going to work just fine in early Feb, and there wasnt a plan for when it didn’t.
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Jon had some good background - written yesterday, but I only just saw it. Explains what's going on (and why this is really subpar...):https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/02/united-states-badly-bungled-coronavirus-testing-things-may-soon-improve …
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Good article, covers the issues quite well. Highly agree that the fact that it’s taken too long. I differ in that I’m more optimistic that testing will ramp up nationwide in the really short term. MA SPHL is indeed exceptional, but they weren’t the only ones ready to go
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