Jack Ma to send 500K coronavirus test kits, 1M face masks to US
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Re: Jack Ma to send 500K coronavirus test kits, 1M face masks to US
#2"Test kits" are just for sample collection. You still need throughput on a qPCR machine to get results.
Re: Jack Ma to send 500K coronavirus test kits, 1M face masks to US
#3"Test kits" are just for sample collection. You still need throughput on a qPCR machine to get results.
"Face masks" are just for patients. You still need people to get virus.
Re: Jack Ma to send 500K coronavirus test kits, 1M face masks to US
#4The limiting factor right now is the availability of approved labs to perform the test
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#5Re: Jack Ma to send 500K coronavirus test kits, 1M face masks to US
#6"Test kits" are just for sample collection. You still need throughput on a qPCR machine to get results.
Shouldn't there be hundreds of labs with these machines though?
The United States government spends far more on healthcare than any other nation on Earth. That's not including private health costs.
South Korea has the capacity to test 20,000 per day and has 1/6th the population.
Re: Jack Ma to send 500K coronavirus test kits, 1M face masks to US
#7Wow. Chinese citizen sends humanitarian aid to the U.S. What a queer situation.
Re: Jack Ma to send 500K coronavirus test kits, 1M face masks to US
#8Seems like a power move to me. Painting a picture for the world of struggling U.S. institutions needing a Chinese billionaire's help to weather a crisis.
I'm not even sure it's incorrect.
Re: Jack Ma to send 500K coronavirus test kits, 1M face masks to US
#9Wow. Chinese citizen sends humanitarian aid to the U.S. What a queer situation.
Or a new normal? We'll see in the coming days and weeks how functional the US is.
Re: Jack Ma to send 500K coronavirus test kits, 1M face masks to US
#10Wow. Chinese citizen sends humanitarian aid to the U.S. What a queer situation.
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