JayJay
March 28, 2020, 6:53pm
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Positive results in as little as 5 minutes with 13 minutes for a negative test.
Now this is an awesome development. Just what is needed to be able to implement “South Korea-style” test and trace methods in non hot zones.
Abbott thinks they can ramp up to deliver 50,000 tests per day.
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conan
March 28, 2020, 7:05pm
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Good, it’s what we needed. Maybe once it gets rolling we can get true measure on the ground.
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JayJay
March 28, 2020, 7:10pm
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And serum tests. We need serum tests.
how long before some desperate leftist idiot governor claims they werent allowed to get any?
Can’t we be happy these tests have been developed without immediately wallowing in partisan politics?
thats not the democrat way.
besides, isnt this thread in “politics”?
JayJay
March 29, 2020, 12:43am
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Please for the love of God for once stop ruining every decent thread with this dreck.
Can you quarantine it to your own threads, please?
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JayJay:
Please for the love of God for once stop ruining every decent thread with this dreck.
Can you quarantine it to your own threads, please?
the thread is in “politics”
that means “politics” will be discussed. sorry
Obviously it’s not the partisan way.
Great news, let’s hope they don’t insane price the test
JayJay
March 29, 2020, 12:51am
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WuWei:
Koreaphilia.
Nah…TestandTraceOPhilia
To give “Flyover Country” a chance to escape the fate of the hedonistic dirty Liberal big cities.
WuWei
March 29, 2020, 12:52am
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Naw, you’re K-popping.
This is good news though, thanks for sharing it.
WuWei
March 29, 2020, 1:00am
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More good news. We have more recovered than deaths now.
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The FDA has also allowed antibody tests, which can help to quantify the number of people who have developed immunity to the virus:
On Thursday, the FDA amended their emergency policy around diagnostic testing for SARS-CoV-2, the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19. Following on a change made March 16, the agency opened the door for a number of specific private entities and...
Est. reading time: 4 minutes
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I heard a doctor say today that there will be a lot of folks that will get the virus, never get tested and resolve over time. So we will never have a accurate number in that category.
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JayJay
March 29, 2020, 1:03am
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Kudos to the bloated stuffy bureaucracy!
Double whammy good news.
Now to read about the caveats that will likely burst my optimism bubble.
JayJay
March 29, 2020, 1:06am
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Man those caveats are like the last 20 seconds of a drug commercial.
Lol!
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WuWei
March 29, 2020, 1:06am
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With the antibody test, we can get enough of an idea I believe.