There were people who were worried about this, but just, unfortunately, not the right people. We had incomplete information a china certainly wasn't forthcoming. The simplest thing we could have done was picking up the phone and calling the manufacturers of diagnostics to get into game. It eventually happened by the end of february. But the lead time to trying to develop a diagnostic test to a novel virus is forty, six weeks. You can't do it overnight. And that's why south carea was able to weather the first wave of this virus so successfully.

Get the Snipd
podcast app

Unlock the knowledge in podcasts with the podcast player of the future.
App store bannerPlay store banner

AI-powered
podcast player

Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features

Discover
highlights

Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode

Save any
moment

Hear something you like? Tap your headphones to save it with AI-generated key takeaways

Share
& Export

Send highlights to Twitter, WhatsApp or export them to Notion, Readwise & more

AI-powered
podcast player

Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features

Discover
highlights

Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode