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Re:Bosch develops rapid test for Covid-19 by diggan on Thursday March 26, 2020 @05:43AM (#22691937)
The full quote is "A Bosch Vivalytic analyzer can perform up to ten tests in the space of 24 hours. This means it takes just 100 devices to evaluate up to 1,000 tests per day." which makes more sense, the 100 devices is just an example.

But I agree that it's largely unnecessary, the initial "up to ten tests per day" would have been enough.

Re:Bosch develops rapid test for Covid-19 by gfosco on Thursday March 26, 2020 @06:02AM (#22692048)
The full quote does one extra thing, it implies that buying 100+ of these machines is totally expected.
Re:Bosch develops rapid test for Covid-19 by dx034 on Thursday March 26, 2020 @06:50AM (#22692265)
I'm not sure how they price these devices but it could make sense to compare against labs. The question is not how many tests a device can perform but how many tests you can perform for all available devices and at a price comparable to larger lab installations. Maybe 100 devices is a comparable rate there.
Re:Bosch develops rapid test for Covid-19 by VectorLock on Thursday March 26, 2020 @02:21PM (#22696329)
Larger lab with a variety of specialized equipment and trained personnel vs. a wall of these machines; very different.
Re:Bosch develops rapid test for Covid-19 by gambiting on Thursday March 26, 2020 @06:55AM (#22692294)
Can these machines do anything else after we're done with Covid-19? I assume they can run other tests?
Re:Bosch develops rapid test for Covid-19 by nfin on Thursday March 26, 2020 @07:03AM (#22692341)
they also simultaneously test for influenza A and B
Re:Bosch develops rapid test for Covid-19 by anamexis on Thursday March 26, 2020 @01:02PM (#22695589)
There is a chance we will never be done with COVID-19.
Re:Bosch develops rapid test for Covid-19 by ksk on Thursday March 26, 2020 @01:35PM (#22695922)
Obviously its implied because that's the influx of patients a lot of hospitals are seeing.
Re:Bosch develops rapid test for Covid-19 by dom_hutton on Thursday March 26, 2020 @06:27AM (#22692158)
Is this marketing?
Re:Bosch develops rapid test for Covid-19 by de_watcher on Thursday March 26, 2020 @06:41AM (#22692232)
Better (or worse) marketing: "a test takes almost 2.5 hours".
Re:Bosch develops rapid test for Covid-19 by zulln on Thursday March 26, 2020 @07:40AM (#22692511)
Is that true, or is it running multiple tests partly simultaneously?
Re:Bosch develops rapid test for Covid-19 by fhars on Thursday March 26, 2020 @10:07AM (#22693668)
Yes, and no. In runs nine tests in parallel (like Covid-19, influenza-A, influenza-B etc), but all on the same sample.
Re:Bosch develops rapid test for Covid-19 by martyvis on Thursday March 26, 2020 @07:10AM (#22692371)
It's almost as if the decision makers that might buy these can't multiply by 10 very well. (Oh wait, they are probably politicians ... )