Why is the Corona Virus so scary? How do we know where it is?
How many times have we seen this story? Ebola, Zika, SARS? Every year or two produces a new infectious disease that threatens the world. History has many other examples. Consider the 1918 flu epidemic that killed an estimated 100 million. Disease knows no political or cultural boundaries. It will never stop.
Face it, driving your car has a much higher chance of injury or death but when you drive you have a greater sense of control over your situation. It just isn’t as scary.
Not knowing where this virus is lurking scares us. It is invisible. You won’t know if you have it until it is too late and you feel helpless. Infected people can carry it around for days innocently infecting other clueless people. Only people with symptoms are being tested. This is not stopping the spread of the disease.
To find out where it is lurking, many more people with no symptoms should be tested. This includes anyone who has any chance of exposure. Current testing is done with lab tests that take time to develop, manufacture and may not be available to everyone. Saliva samples must be collected and sent to a lab. It takes trained professionals, time, money and the process puts even more people at risk.
What if you could see the virus? What if people can test themselves at home, get an instant result and report it electronically? All without trained professional help at a fraction of the cost.
This would make the invisible visable. You could take control of your risk.
Such a test could be developed in days instead of weeks. It could be cheaply manufactured by the millions. It could sit on the shelf for months without spoiling.
Such a test is currently under development. Where? Look at my previous article written just a few months ago called “Solving for Availability” Click here:
Solving for Availability
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