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People who have diabetes often do blood tests daily, at home, on their own, drawing a drop of blood from their finger with a lancet. If they can get it down to
by evan_ 6y ago
People who have diabetes often do blood tests daily, at home, on their own, drawing a drop of blood from their finger with a lancet. If they can get it down to using a drop of blood, I think people could be convinced to test at least one member of the household daily. That should at least give us enough information to measure spread.
It would be new for most people but it's not unprecedented and I think people would figure it out quickly enough. Conspiracy theorists would ruin it for everyone of course.
- aeonsky 6y agoI'm sure you are aware of story behind Theranos - doing complex tests on a drop of blood is currently impossible.
- adatavizguy 6y agoWould there have been a path of honesty at Theranos such that they would thrive in the age of covid-19?
- whatshisface 6y agoThat's like asking, "could Enron have been an honest energy company..." sure, with a different board, different executives, different strategy, different technology, different IP, different market sector, and if they sold ice cream cones for fair prices at the local pool.
- evan_ 6y agoI think the conclusion I would draw from the Theranos debacle is "doing hundreds of complex tests from a drop of blood is impossible", not "doing any complex test from a drop of blood is impossible."