Raj Shah: We Need To Go from 100K Tests Per Day to 1 Million Tests Per Day at a Minimum

RUSH TRANSCRIPT Back to ░░░░░░░░ Gillian Raj coming to ░░░░░░░░ what do you see ░░░░░░░░ now in the sort ░░░░░░░░ medical pipeline whether it ░░░░░░░░ the race to a ░░░░░░░░ or these antibody tests ░░░░░░░░ Paul just mentioned what ░░░░░░░░ you seeing that s ░░░░░░░░ you the most hope ░░░░░░░░ looks the most promising ░░░░░░░░ terms of whether it ░░░░░░░░ preventative vaccine or treatment ░░░░░░░░ Coronavirus Well thank you ░░░░░░░░ having me and happy ░░░░░░░░ I ll start by ░░░░░░░░ saying that this is ░░░░░░░░ a tremendous crisis and ░░░░░░░░ first thing we have ░░░░░░░░ do to get people ░░░░░░░░ to work and to ░░░░░░░░ essential workers which include ░░░░░░░░ the folks that Paul ░░░░░░░░ but also the frontline ░░░░░░░░ workers who are my ░░░░░░░░ my sister is a ░░░░░░░░ who are rushing into ░░░░░░░░ hospital to take care ░░░░░░░░ folks who have Covid ░░░░░░░░ And the reality is ░░░░░░░░ protect that population broadly ░░░░░░░░ we need to move ░░░░░░░░ hundreds of thousands of ░░░░░░░░ a day to many ░░░░░░░░ of tests a day ░░░░░░░░ a minimum And that ░░░░░░░░ going to take a ░░░░░░░░ national effort It s ░░░░░░░░ to take a lot ░░░░░░░░ public investment It s ░░░░░░░░ to take cities and ░░░░░░░░ all working together with ░░░░░░░░ federal government We need ░░░░░░░░ companies scientists university labs ░░░░░░░░ working together to achieve ░░░░░░░░ goal because we re ░░░░░░░░ war and we can ░░░░░░░░ it but we can ░░░░░░░░ win it with a ░░░░░░░░ effort around testing I ░░░░░░░░ we ve seen a ░░░░░░░░ of very promising efforts ░░░░░░░░ from Abbott the new ░░░░░░░░ that they re rolling ░░░░░░░░ in Detroit and some ░░░░░░░░ cities We see a ░░░░░░░░ host of antibody tests ░░░░░░░░ could phone 10 sly ░░░░░░░░ who potentially identify who ░░░░░░░░ immunity We need to ░░░░░░░░ who has the virus ░░░░░░░░ doesn t We can ░░░░░░░░ it cheaply people get ░░░░░░░░ within minutes The technology ░░░░░░░░ think is there It ░░░░░░░░ about having a national