1. Respectfully but strongly disagree. Plenty of university labs are doing RT-qPCR for #SARSCoV2
diagnostics.. they have constant access to RNA samples and the requisite metadata. We gotta #FeedTheGrassroots to get results!
https://twitter.com/dmaccannell/status/1351991562842984448 …
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5. If USA
wants to stay on top of genomic surveillance, we need to do better! We can’t depend on private donors to fill the gap. Right now, I still don’t see very much in way of federal support nor any coherent plan to increase viral genome surveillance.Show this thread -
6. I’m particularly miffed that
@CDCgov is directly funding & partnering with FOR PROFIT companies Helix + Illumina to sequence SARSCoV2 instead of offering same terms to academic laboratories.Show this thread -
7. Where is the Federal support to form a US consortium similar to
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8. Academic labs, teaching/ research hospitals, & non profit research organizations return $ to the community while advancing education and basic science in ways that strengthen our country
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11. If we want to be READY for the next pandemic
we need to #FeedTheGrassroots!!!Show this thread -
12. When we pour taxpayer dollars into hands of for-profit orgs to sequence
viral pathogens like #SARSCoV2, we miss out on additional state and local community support for sequencing and..Show this thread -
13. .. even worse, we waste the chance to harness the tragedy that is a once-in-a-century pandemic as an opportunity to support & improve training and education of MD and PhD students
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14. These young people are studying to become the next generation of health science heroes! They are working hard to help treat Covid-19 patients, give vaccines
, & are here in our university labs ready to help sequence
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15. But we can’t do it without funding!! So please call your Congresspeople and the new Biden administration to ask them to support genetic surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 by funding an academic consortium. (Not for profit orgs!)
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16. Also.. No need to reinvent the wheel.. look at
@CovidGenomicsUK who are #1 in world
for sequencing #SARSCoV2 .. talk to@GISAID.. talk to@Tuliodna! Let’s defeat the pandemic with science!
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