How do you solve the last mile problem? Apparently, there's a shortage of swab kits.
Billion to One has come up with a way do Covid-19 tests using the kind of sequencers used in the Human Genome Project. This technique could yield over a million tests per day in the US alone.https://www.billiontoone.com/covid-19
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Perhaps simplifying the collection mechanism to something as easy as 23andMe?
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"Block" or batch testing is an immediate and simple way to do nearly 10x more tests with no additional resources:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZ6fewjkqo4&t=219 …
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Paul, this is like putting new horseshoes on the same old horse and expecting it to run faster. The problem is rooted in depending on centralized labs and slow Sample to Answer turnaround time.
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1/n I see it as dramatically expanding capacity at one of several bottlenecks. The other bottlenecks are also being worked and expanded, in parallel.
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When do these machines become available for purchase outside the US? What kind of training and personnel are required to collect samples and process results?
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Germany manages 350k alone with existing technique, so 1Million for US doesn‘t seem that high
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