Re:FDA authorizes rapid, at-home coronavirus test
by rhino369 on Wednesday December 16, 2020 @03:45PM
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>Given that it will be at least 6-9 months before an appreciable fraction of the population can be vaccinated, frequent testing still makes a whole lot of sense.
What makes you think we can ramp up production on these faster than that? You'd need a billion of them to test each America once every three months.
>As to the effort/expense, you'd think we'd be able to walk and chew gum at the same time, no?
Only if the resources used were entirely unrelated, which I doubt. Every public health offical's man-hour should be dedicated to setting up vaccination sites. Every medical manufacturing facility should be making vaccine components and accessories.
I very much doubt you could set up mass testing of asymptomatic people without making trade offs regarding resources for mass vaccinations.
What makes you think we can ramp up production on these faster than that? You'd need a billion of them to test each America once every three months.
>As to the effort/expense, you'd think we'd be able to walk and chew gum at the same time, no?
Only if the resources used were entirely unrelated, which I doubt. Every public health offical's man-hour should be dedicated to setting up vaccination sites. Every medical manufacturing facility should be making vaccine components and accessories.
I very much doubt you could set up mass testing of asymptomatic people without making trade offs regarding resources for mass vaccinations.