Typical, let the feds run it and it takes too long, is too expensive, and in the end doesn't even work right.
Maybe one good outcome of this 'crisis' is a dramatic change in law and regulation to unshackle private enterprises for producing such tests. If I were Prez, I'd try to ram that through Congress right now, before they start the next round of impeachment hearings. Could probably save a bit of money in the federal budget by eliminating whichever office is responsible for this screw-up. ------------- Max Charleston SC On Thu, Mar 19, 2020 at 2:31 PM Floyd Thursby via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Two independent opinions -- one a friend, a professor of immunology at > the local kawlidge, and the Dr. Boy, both say this whole thing is a > total Charlie Foxtrot re: testing and such. > > "The FDA/CDC test is 5 genes by RT-PCR. > > Not sure why on earth this method is the go too.**** could not borrow > our RT-PCR machines because the FDA has only approved the brand ABI. > Total clusterf***. > I had thought about ordering PCR primers posted on the WHO website weeks > ago. > > My lab class was looking up the genomes of this virus that were being > posted weeks ago. Crazy thing is us “amateur” molecular biologists > could do this testing." > > Stanford developed their own tests a coupla weeks ago, better than what > is "out there." > > This all goes down to a lot of long-time bureaucratic nonsense standing > in the way... comforting... meanwhile everyone is pointing fingers at > the others and the guy in charge, playing the blame game, filling 7x24 > cable time... > > -- > --FT > > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
