[BostonCard]

Still a ways to go from "everyone can be tested" or 1 million tests a week, but we are finally starting to test at scale.

[tweet]https://twitter.com/Noahpinion/status/1241110564228591616?s=20[/tweet]

BC

[BostonCard]

Still a ways to go from "everyone can be tested" or 1 million tests a week, but we are finally starting to test at scale.

[tweet]https://twitter.com/Noahpinion/status/1241110564228591616?s=20[/tweet]

BC

[cardcrimson]

It appears that about 15% are testing positive, so as the increased testing takes place, we should see jumps of 3500-4000 in case a day in the near term.

[cardcrimson]

It appears that about 15% are testing positive, so as the increased testing takes place, we should see jumps of 3500-4000 in case a day in the near term.

[burger]

Tracker with US testing numbers updated daily: https://covidtracking.com/us-daily/

[burger]

Tracker with US testing numbers updated daily: https://covidtracking.com/us-daily/

[martyup]

Another Covid-19 tracker for US only:

https://infection2020.com/

[martyup]

Another Covid-19 tracker for US only:

https://infection2020.com/

[OutsiderFan]

Well, the March 2020 U.S. case growth came in at 5,594. That is just 400 shy of Italy's new cases yesterday.

As of Saturday morning we are at 20,000. Expect to be at least 80,000, challenging for the world lead nobody wants, next week, and for sure having it in two weeks.

[OutsiderFan]

Well, the March 2020 U.S. case growth came in at 5,594. That is just 400 shy of Italy's new cases yesterday.

As of Saturday morning we are at 20,000. Expect to be at least 80,000, challenging for the world lead nobody wants, next week, and for sure having it in two weeks.

[BostonCard]

The FDA gave EUA to a 45 minute Point of care coronavirus test.

https://apple.news/AeZAzH7lrTFWFk4AEjwk8vA

BC

[BostonCard]

The FDA gave EUA to a 45 minute Point of care coronavirus test.

https://apple.news/AeZAzH7lrTFWFk4AEjwk8vA

BC

[Griffins78]

The FDA gave EUA to a 45 minute Point of care coronavirus test.

https://apple.news/AeZAzH7lrTFWFk4AEjwk8vA

BC

This is Cepheid: https://www.cepheid.com/coronavirus

I think this can be significant for on site testing so patient doesn’t leave and infect others while they wait for results

[Griffins78]

The FDA gave EUA to a 45 minute Point of care coronavirus test.

https://apple.news/AeZAzH7lrTFWFk4AEjwk8vA

BC

This is Cepheid: https://www.cepheid.com/coronavirus

I think this can be significant for on site testing so patient doesn’t leave and infect others while they wait for results

[2006alum]

Let's hope this gets deployed quickly, because right now the state of testing is not looking good in the hot spots:

[tweet]https://twitter.com/ScottGottliebMD/status/1241388322657898498?s=20[/tweet]

[2006alum]

Let's hope this gets deployed quickly, because right now the state of testing is not looking good in the hot spots:

[tweet]https://twitter.com/ScottGottliebMD/status/1241388322657898498?s=20[/tweet]

[BobK]

Not sure if this was posted by does have comments from a cardboard bootleg poster

https://www.statnews.com/2020/03/20/at-h...take-them/

[BobK]

Not sure if this was posted by does have comments from a cardboard bootleg poster

https://www.statnews.com/2020/03/20/at-h...take-them/

[thatboy]

Here's what it looks like to get a drive-through test:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_conti...e=emb_logo


Here's a woman with the virus:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFLSG-7K3Tc

[thatboy]

Here's what it looks like to get a drive-through test:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_conti...e=emb_logo


Here's a woman with the virus:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFLSG-7K3Tc

[BostonCard]

Let's hope this gets deployed quickly, because right now the state of testing is not looking good in the hot spots:

[tweet]https://twitter.com/ScottGottliebMD/status/1241388322657898498?s=20[/tweet]

More broadly, we need to enlist the people who have worked for years trying to optimize supply chains to squeeze every last dollar out of them to change tunes and work to optimize supply chains to maximize their effectiveness in delivering vital services: testing, PPE, ventilators, healthcare professionals, treatment centers, etc.

BC

[BostonCard]

Let's hope this gets deployed quickly, because right now the state of testing is not looking good in the hot spots:

[tweet]https://twitter.com/ScottGottliebMD/status/1241388322657898498?s=20[/tweet]

More broadly, we need to enlist the people who have worked for years trying to optimize supply chains to squeeze every last dollar out of them to change tunes and work to optimize supply chains to maximize their effectiveness in delivering vital services: testing, PPE, ventilators, healthcare professionals, treatment centers, etc.

BC

[2006alum]

Well, I wouldn't hold my breath for the rapid tests being deployed any time soon - they aren't even shipping until next week:

[tweet]https://twitter.com/DrEricDing/status/1241452163391467520?s=20[/tweet]

[2006alum]

Well, I wouldn't hold my breath for the rapid tests being deployed any time soon - they aren't even shipping until next week:

[tweet]https://twitter.com/DrEricDing/status/1241452163391467520?s=20[/tweet]

[burger]

WHO is (correctly) saying that the virus cannot be contained without testing: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/22/world...e=Homepage

the World Health Organization’s top emergency expert said on Sunday that countries could not simply lock down their societies to defeat coronavirus without public health measures to avoid a resurgence of the virus down the road.

“What we really need to focus on is finding those who are sick, those who have the virus, and isolate them, find their contacts and isolate them,” the expert, Mike Ryan, said in an interview on the BBC’s “Andrew Marr Show.” “If we don’t put in place the strong public health measures now,” he said, “when those movement restrictions and lockdowns are lifted, the danger is the disease will jump back up.”

Even if we get this under control, all it takes is for a single case to escape the quarantine or be re-imported from another country, and this whole process starts over.  The testing HAS to happen.  Someone on the board here keeps saying that we can't afford to do mass testing.  That's bullshit--if South Korea can afford it, then we can, and it is the only way to get this under control in the long term.

Meanwhile some cities are states are basically giving up on testing because they still sufficent test kits. Great job, CDC!

[burger]

WHO is (correctly) saying that the virus cannot be contained without testing: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/22/world...e=Homepage

the World Health Organization’s top emergency expert said on Sunday that countries could not simply lock down their societies to defeat coronavirus without public health measures to avoid a resurgence of the virus down the road.

“What we really need to focus on is finding those who are sick, those who have the virus, and isolate them, find their contacts and isolate them,” the expert, Mike Ryan, said in an interview on the BBC’s “Andrew Marr Show.” “If we don’t put in place the strong public health measures now,” he said, “when those movement restrictions and lockdowns are lifted, the danger is the disease will jump back up.”

Even if we get this under control, all it takes is for a single case to escape the quarantine or be re-imported from another country, and this whole process starts over.  The testing HAS to happen.  Someone on the board here keeps saying that we can't afford to do mass testing.  That's bullshit--if South Korea can afford it, then we can, and it is the only way to get this under control in the long term.

Meanwhile some cities are states are basically giving up on testing because they still sufficent test kits. Great job, CDC!

[OutsiderFan]

The data suggests only the state of New York or maybe just NYC is doing any testing on any kind of scale.

NY has reported a whopping 12,000+ cases so far today (3/22)!

As of 3/21, NY had done nearly 3.6x more tests than CA. What is the lag in CA testing that NY doesn't seem to have?

My assumption is CA has to have a similar number of cases to NY, but maybe CA taking measures to shut things down sooner kept things under control? Even 5x CA's reported cases wouldn't even be 8,000, while NY now reports nearly 23k confirmed cases.

[OutsiderFan]

The data suggests only the state of New York or maybe just NYC is doing any testing on any kind of scale.

NY has reported a whopping 12,000+ cases so far today (3/22)!

As of 3/21, NY had done nearly 3.6x more tests than CA. What is the lag in CA testing that NY doesn't seem to have?

My assumption is CA has to have a similar number of cases to NY, but maybe CA taking measures to shut things down sooner kept things under control? Even 5x CA's reported cases wouldn't even be 8,000, while NY now reports nearly 23k confirmed cases.

[BostonCard]

I don’t think so.  New York’s hospitals are overwhelmed; California’s not yet.  They’ve reported 114 deaths (58 in the last day), California has 28 deaths (4 new).  While the outbreak is hardly contained in California, it is orders of magnitude better than in New York.

BC

[BostonCard]

I don’t think so.  New York’s hospitals are overwhelmed; California’s not yet.  They’ve reported 114 deaths (58 in the last day), California has 28 deaths (4 new).  While the outbreak is hardly contained in California, it is orders of magnitude better than in New York.

BC

[chrisk]

Well, I wouldn't hold my breath for the rapid tests being deployed any time soon - they aren't even shipping until next week:

[tweet]https://twitter.com/DrEricDing/status/1241452163391467520?s=20[/tweet]

Note that the FDA issued a statement that the tests are not authorized, warning the public, and threatening to take action.

[chrisk]

Well, I wouldn't hold my breath for the rapid tests being deployed any time soon - they aren't even shipping until next week:

[tweet]https://twitter.com/DrEricDing/status/1241452163391467520?s=20[/tweet]

Note that the FDA issued a statement that the tests are not authorized, warning the public, and threatening to take action.

[OutsiderFan]

Looks like a home blood serum test offered by a company in South Korea:

http://sugentech.com/products/products-v...rget=32%27

[OutsiderFan]

Looks like a home blood serum test offered by a company in South Korea:

http://sugentech.com/products/products-v...rget=32%27

[Farm93]

I don’t think so.  New York’s hospitals are overwhelmed; California’s not yet.  They’ve reported 114 deaths (58 in the last day), California has 28 deaths (4 new).  While the outbreak is hardly contained in California, it is orders of magnitude better than in New York.

BC

The USA's strategy of social distancing without testing would fail even if our citizens were the most blindly compliant citizens in the world.
And where it would fail FIRST is in the USA's most densely packed city, NYC.

It is just very difficult to live in NYC and practice social distancing.  

Before anyone might say no approach would work I want to offer Seoul and Tokyo.   South Korea and Japan have cities with far greater density than USA's NYC and both were able to flatten their curves.

Just need better people in place within leadership.   POTUS promised he would hire the best, so I suggest he brush up on his Korean and Japanese as the best at urban pandemic control apparently don't live in the USA.

[Farm93]

I don’t think so.  New York’s hospitals are overwhelmed; California’s not yet.  They’ve reported 114 deaths (58 in the last day), California has 28 deaths (4 new).  While the outbreak is hardly contained in California, it is orders of magnitude better than in New York.

BC

The USA's strategy of social distancing without testing would fail even if our citizens were the most blindly compliant citizens in the world.
And where it would fail FIRST is in the USA's most densely packed city, NYC.

It is just very difficult to live in NYC and practice social distancing.  

Before anyone might say no approach would work I want to offer Seoul and Tokyo.   South Korea and Japan have cities with far greater density than USA's NYC and both were able to flatten their curves.

Just need better people in place within leadership.   POTUS promised he would hire the best, so I suggest he brush up on his Korean and Japanese as the best at urban pandemic control apparently don't live in the USA.

[OutsiderFan]

The UK is going to be deploying an antibody test.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/m...SApp_Other

Anyone have any idea if/how the U.S. or even some states are pursing this?

I just talked with a friend near St. Louis who told me he and his SO had what they thought was flu a month ago. They had 5+ day fevers and both had difficulty breathing. At the time they thought they had bad flu, but now they wonder if they had Covid-19. There are a lot of people who fit this description and would love to be tested for the antibody so if they have it, they can volunteer to help where they can.

[OutsiderFan]

The UK is going to be deploying an antibody test.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/m...SApp_Other

Anyone have any idea if/how the U.S. or even some states are pursing this?

I just talked with a friend near St. Louis who told me he and his SO had what they thought was flu a month ago. They had 5+ day fevers and both had difficulty breathing. At the time they thought they had bad flu, but now they wonder if they had Covid-19. There are a lot of people who fit this description and would love to be tested for the antibody so if they have it, they can volunteer to help where they can.

[fullmetal]

In addition, plasma transfusions from recovered patients may be an effective aid to patients currently struggling with the virus.  That would be a great way to help with the most severe cases.

[fullmetal]

In addition, plasma transfusions from recovered patients may be an effective aid to patients currently struggling with the virus.  That would be a great way to help with the most severe cases.