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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBloomberg, or some billionaire, needs to buy and widely distribute
One (or many) of those rapid test kits that are being developed elsewhere in the world.
Something that people can self-administer and mail to a testing lab that has rapid turnaround.
The hitch would be that it's not FDA or CDC approved, but it would be for the individuals own private use and knowledge.
Yes, I do see all the potential pitfalls, so please don't post them as though I'm an idiot. I just think that, all things considered, it would help.
whathehell
(29,067 posts)Bloomberg'.could do this .The man is worth 61 Billion.dollars.-- How much did he fork over for his campaign, 500 Million? He could do this.
sunnybrook
(1,156 posts)intrepidity
(7,307 posts)but in particular, where Google or Microsoft are involved, where the swabs somehow become the property of Google/MS and are subsequently used for DNA sequencing (think 23 and me)... that's a frightening little rabbit hole
empedocles
(15,751 posts)EarthFirst
(2,900 posts)I wont care who is paying for the extra funding and supplies...
AllaN01Bear
(18,271 posts)Response to intrepidity (Original post)
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treestar
(82,383 posts)constant drumbeat of how bad gubmint is should approve; this is how they think it should always be.
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)Better to fund places like universities that have developed such kits so that they can be mass produced.