The full quote does one extra thing, it implies that buying 100+ of these machines is totally expected.
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
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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
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Can these machines do anything else after we're done with Covid-19? I assume they can run other tests?
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
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There is a chance we will never be done with COVID-19.
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
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Is this marketing?
Re:Bosch develops rapid test for Covid-19
by de_watcher on Thursday March 26, 2020 @06:41AM
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Better (or worse) marketing: "a test takes almost 2.5 hours".
Is that true, or is it running multiple tests partly simultaneously?
Yes, and no. In runs nine tests in parallel (like Covid-19, influenza-A, influenza-B etc), but all on the same sample.
But I agree that it's largely unnecessary, the initial "up to ten tests per day" would have been enough.