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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsA 'Test Kit' and a 'Test' are two different things ...
The CDC test kits can process about 700 specimens, and typically people are tested twice, so about 350 people per test kit.
Hence the word 'kit'.
This may be the source of a lot of confusion and people shaking their heads at the 'math' they're hearing.
For those who don't feel like doing the math, you need 2857 test kits to test 1,000,000 people.
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A 'Test Kit' and a 'Test' are two different things ... (Original Post)
mr_lebowski
Mar 2020
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underpants
(182,865 posts)1. Azar said the 2 million number included tests ordered.
Oh okay.
Lars39
(26,110 posts)2. And individuals who get the virus need multiple testing
to see if they are truly over it.
Pachamama
(16,887 posts)3. So are there 75,000 "test kits" or only 75,000 tests?
Farmer-Rick
(10,201 posts)4. Good info to know. Thanks for posting.
htuttle
(23,738 posts)5. So, that's 1/300th down
We're going to need a bit more than that.
Like yesterday.
2naSalit
(86,748 posts)6. Wow! I thought this would be
a musical parody of some sort!
Maeve
(42,287 posts)7. Here's what the CDC tweeted out today
As of March 9, 78 state and local public health labs across 50 states now have the capacity to test up to 75,000 people for #COVID19. State/local public health staff determine which specimens should be tested. See updated interim testing guidance: https://bit.ly/331U9jY .
https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=13065287
That sounds like they weren't talking kits, either
https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=13065287
That sounds like they weren't talking kits, either