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re: Daily COVID Updated as of 11/2/20 8:00 PM
Posted on 8/14/20 at 10:21 pm to Chromdome35
Posted on 8/14/20 at 10:21 pm to Chromdome35
Good stuff Chrome. Other than the frickery on Wednesday, positivity is looking great. Now we see if my prediction from last week of deaths turning down next week becomes reality. Hoping to finally see a Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday or Friday drop below 1k.
COVID Tracking must be catching up on Texas deaths, the other source I saw today said Texas reported 192 deaths and less than 1k nationwide. Said other source has Texas with a slightly higher death toll too (same for nationwide, currently shows 171,535 deaths on ncov2019.live), so likely just catchup or COVID tracking having a higher standard for "counting" a death.
COVID Tracking must be catching up on Texas deaths, the other source I saw today said Texas reported 192 deaths and less than 1k nationwide. Said other source has Texas with a slightly higher death toll too (same for nationwide, currently shows 171,535 deaths on ncov2019.live), so likely just catchup or COVID tracking having a higher standard for "counting" a death.
Posted on 8/15/20 at 12:07 pm to AUMIS01
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The wand that will accomplish this feat is a thin paper strip, no longer than a finger. It is a coronavirus test. Mina says that the U.S. should mass-produce these inexpensive and relatively insensitive tests—unlike other methods, they require only a saliva sample—in quantities of tens of millions a day. These tests, which can deliver a result in 15 minutes or less, should then become a ubiquitous part of daily life. Before anyone enters a school or an office, a movie theater or a Walmart, they must take one of these tests. Test negative, and you may enter the public space. Test positive, and you are sent home. In other words: Mina wants to test nearly everyone, nearly every day.
The tests Mina describes already exist: They are sitting in the office of e25 Bio, a small start-up in Cambridge, Massachusetts; half a dozen other companies are working on similar products. But implementing his vision will require changing how we think about tests. These new tests are much less sensitive than the ones we run today, which means that regulations must be relaxed before they can be sold or used. Their closest analogue is rapid dengue-virus tests, used in India, which are manufactured in a quantity of 100 million a year. Mina envisions nearly as many rapid COVID-19 tests being manufactured a day. Only the federal government, acting as customer and controller, can accomplish such a feat.
Really seems crazy that this hasn't happened yet.
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