Scientists baffled by decision to stop a pioneering coronavirus testing project
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Re: Scientists baffled by decision to stop a pioneering coronavirus testing project
#2It's really hard not to wonder if there is a political motivation to break the Federal government so that even the U.S. left would seek to devolve it.
Re: Scientists baffled by decision to stop a pioneering coronavirus testing project
#3> An FDA spokesperson explains that anything that requires a person to take samples themselves, at home, raises concerns. For example, the agency wants to ensure that samples remain stable if they end up spending a long time in a hot vehicle on the way to a lab.
Not exactly a baffling secret. At home sample collection wasn't included in the guidelines, sounds like FDA is evaluating and may still give a go ahead.
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#6In this case I guess the use of the word baffled is a good one, because they are not baffled by a matter of science but by a matter of politics.
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#7> An FDA spokesperson explains that anything that requires a person to take samples themselves, at home, raises concerns. For example, the agency wants to ensure that samples remain stable if they end up spending a long time in a hot vehicle on the way to a lab. Not exactly a baffling secret. At home sample collection wasn't included in the guidelines, sounds like FDA is evaluating and may still give a go ahead.
I think that point was addressed fairly well in the linked article.
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#8It's really hard not to wonder if there is a political motivation to break the Federal government so that even the U.S. left would seek to devolve it.
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#9I hope that even after the coronavirus pandemic has passed people keep calling out the burdens to society and progress caused by the FDA.
I do hope that people notice that there are more life and death situations outside of pandemics that are, perhaps for fewer people, still very urgent. FDA regulation is often in the way of individuals getting the care they need, making decisions about life and death, and following and creating best practices in medicine.
Re: Scientists baffled by decision to stop a pioneering coronavirus testing project
#10It's really hard not to wonder if there is a political motivation to break the Federal government so that even the U.S. left would seek to devolve it.
I'm willing to guess that many of the issues in the FDA are not caused by normal left/right politics but by bureaucracy, tradition, and other more behind the scenes issues.