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#146 – Michael Mina: Rapid Testing, Viruses, and the Engineering Mindset
Lex Fridman Podcast
Why Do You Need It?
I've been trying to get this funded for years now. And I've spoken to governments. You know, everyone says, cool idea. I'm not going to do it. But of course now we're seeing why it would be useful. We didn't run the first PCR test for coronavirus until probably a month and a half or two months after the virus started transmitting in New York City. Had we had this up-and-running in 2019, we were drawing blood from, you know, or getting blood samples from hospitals and clinics and blood donors from New York City,. Let's just say that could have saved lives.
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