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> Turned out we had excluded big commercial labs from consideration because we had represenatites of the 'small artisinal labs' in our taskforce lobbying. Do u
by joelbluminator 6y ago
> Turned out we had excluded big commercial labs from consideration because we had represenatites of the 'small artisinal labs' in our taskforce lobbying.
Do u have a link to that story?
- ralfn 6y agoThe original research came from FTM: https://www.ftm.nl/artikelen/vws-taaleis-duits-lab-testcapaciteit https://www.ftm.nl/artikelen/vws-taaleis-duits-lab-testcapac... https://www.ftm.nl/artikelen/coronatesten-belangen-arts-microbiologen https://www.ftm.nl/artikelen/coronatesten-belangen-arts-micr... However, this stuff is paywalled by now. https://nos.nl/nieuwsuur/artikel/2346643-testlabs-kunnen-wel-meer-aan-maar-deze-concurrentiestrijd-zit-in-de-weg.html https://nos.nl/nieuwsuur/artikel/2346643-testlabs-kunnen-wel... Or, an easy video summary by Arjen Lubach (has english subtitles): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUx-kdbKQys https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUx-kdbKQys The lobbyist, part of the Outbreak Management Team, is Ann Vossen. And she argued from her experise that there should be specific requirements that effectively kept larger laboratories from being able to be suppliers. Ironically, the trick used was the Tower of Babel (pretending language differences could be a risk)