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[link:https://abcnews.go.com/International/crucial-coronavirus-antibody-tests-destined-york-city-caught/story?id=70199489|
The first 100,000 coronavirus antibody tests authorized by the Food and Drug Administration and headed to New York City could have been deployed days ago, but theyve been stuck in red-tape limbo in China, officials with the U.S. government and with the antibody test company told ABC News.
Ive been working in government for 15 years almost, at this point, so bureaucratic stuff is never that surprising, said New York City Councilman Stephen Levin, a Brooklyn Democrat who chairs the city's General Welfare Committee. I see it as a hurdle to overcome.
The FDA issued the first emergency-use authorization for an antibody test for coronavirus on April 1. That much sought-after nod went to the kit produced by Cellex, a medical-diagnostics company based in North Carolinas Research Triangle. Soon after the announcement, Levin contacted Cellex and helped broker an order of 100,000 test kits for New York Citys Health & Hospitals, to be earmarked for first responders.
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duforsure
(11,884 posts)Because he's against testing here in this country , and the true numbers exposing him?
SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)I hope someone investigates!
ALBliberal
(2,334 posts)And calling them liars (which might be true) is not helping.
SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)It's amazing how these hateful concepts stick in some people's minds, too.
Went to hardware store for necessity & on checkout counter was sign:
NO RETURNS
DUE TO
CHINA VIRUS!
I couldn't believe my eyes. But this is a red area, so I guess it is to be expected. 🤮
EarthFirst
(2,897 posts)Ive been hearing it would take weeks... for weeks now.
Weeks upon weeks weve been hearing how it would take 3-5 weeks to get full scale production on some very basic manufacturing.
The whole thing at this point seems as though its intentional...