Re:U.S. will suspend all travel from Europe for 30 days
by protein_lense on Thursday March 12, 2020 @12:59AM
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I'm in Seattle. While there may be official "kits" for this, the protocol can be run in any competent lab set up for this type of assay. DNA primers specific for covid-19 would need to be ordered, but this is routine.
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/lab/rt-pcr-detecti...
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/lab/rt-pcr-panel-p...
ETA: I'm having trouble locating positive control template sequences.
I am happy for S. Korea running 100,000+ tests, and embarrassed that the US has maybe run 1000s at this point. I also think that the virus is widely dispersed in the US and the best we can hope for is to keep the case load at a level manageable by our health care system. I'm pretty worried about that though.
Re:U.S. will suspend all travel from Europe for 30 days
by hcknwscommenter on Thursday March 12, 2020 @03:22AM
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That is not an adequate number for the PNW. Full stop. You have no idea what you are talking about.
The messaging on this has been pathetic. The other day UW in Seattle announced they had a capacity to test 1,000/day. Not adequate for the nation, but for the PNW, sure.