You want more tests? Private enterprise says, sure.

FDA approves rapid testing system

FDA approved the test on Friday and it was announced by Cepheid, the company working with the White House to develop the test that takes less than an hour to process

The authorization was made Friday and tests will begin shipping next week, according to a statement from California-based Cepheid, the company manufacturing the tests.

“During this time of increased demand for hospital services, Clinicians urgently need an on-demand diagnostic test for real-time management of patients being evaluated for admission to health-care facilities,” said Dr. David Persing, MD, Ph.D., chief medical and technology officer at Cepheid.

“An accurate test delivered close to the patient can be transformative — and help alleviate the pressure that the emergence of the 2019-nCoV outbreak has put on healthcare facilities that need to properly allocate their respiratory isolation resources,” Persing added.

The manufacturer Cephid is a Silicon Valley biotech company, based in Sunnyvale and not, say, Peking.

BTW, I lifted the image above from an MNBC news show, aired today. Check out the MNBC flack who (beginning 44 seconds in) states that “this administration’s not taking that WHO test was the, well they’ve made so many mistakes, but the biggest single mistake the administration has made so far. When every other country in the world is using that test, is just shocking”. That tale has been debunked, thoroughly, by countless sources: even the Washington Post retracted its story, days ago. The fact that this woman asserts it is proof that she is an ignorant fool, unfit for being seen in public, let alone on television. Or she’s a liar, or both. I’ll take both, Alex.