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A news article of Feb 15 says:

Zhang Hongxing, head of Wuhan's health commission, said last week the city tested about 6,000 to 8,000 people daily

Do you know, or does anyone hear know, are the tests being done in Wuhan the same test as the CDC is using, and if not, what the test they are using actually is? I have no idea myself. Not to say one is "better" than another at this point, but if they are different, it may be an issue.

If you click on that link, the article contains information about which test Wuhan uses (Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) technique) and in what situations is a test done, and the physical collection of a sample.  Apparently (only) Hubei Province is also using lung imaging to classify patients as "clinically diagnosed" (detecting "advanced symptoms" which I presume means pneumonia), when the lab tests can't be done.   The different testing would seem to make the data messier to analyze.

I haven't looked at the CDC testing protocol.

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A news article of Feb 15 says:

Zhang Hongxing, head of Wuhan's health commission, said last week the city tested about 6,000 to 8,000 people daily

Do you know, or does anyone hear know, are the tests being done in Wuhan the same test as the CDC is using, and if not, what the test they are using actually is? I have no idea myself. Not to say one is "better" than another at this point, but if they are different, it may be an issue.

If you click on that link, the article contains information about which test Wuhan uses (Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) technique) and in what situations is a test done, and the physical collection of a sample.  Apparently (only) Hubei Province is also using lung imaging to classify patients as "clinically diagnosed" (detecting "advanced symptoms" which I presume means pneumonia), when the lab tests can't be done.   The different testing would seem to make the data messier to analyze.

I haven't looked at the CDC testing protocol.