Bill Gates-sponsored corona virus free test program gets ‘whistle-blown’ by FDA

Tram Ho

The FDA, the US Food and Drug Administration, has suspended, at least temporarily, the Seattle corona virus testing program sponsored by billionaire Bill Gates. Not for safety or accuracy reasons, but only for an administrative procedure of this agency.

According to the New York Times, the agency sent a note to Seattle’s Corona Virus Assessment Network (SCAN) saying: ” Please stop testing patients and return results to them until they get their license. accordingly . ”

SCAN later updated the website, saying: “The FDA has not raised any concerns about the safety or accuracy of SCAN testing, but we are required to suspend testing for. until additional licenses are received . ” Currently, there are only a few FDA-approved corona virus testing programs at home.

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SCAN is a program with the participation of a number of different agencies, including Washington Medical University and is supported by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. This program was created to send free test kits to participants.

The goal is to test both people with and without symptoms to find out the range of Covid-19 in the Seattle area. The FDA requires that any corona virus test kit receive an emergency use permit (EUA) before it can be used.

Gates announced the program on Tuesday, May 13, and arrived the following day, Wednesday, May 14, the FDA sent a note to SCAN asking for a temporary halt to the testing. .

Speaking about the program, Bill Gates wrote on his blog: “As SCAN collects more and more test results in the coming weeks, researchers can expect new data to bring about what look better at the number of cases and act as a source of information to help answer other questions, as to when social disengagement measures can be relaxed. “

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The corona virus test kit is being provided by SCAN for free to participants.

The test kit includes a nose swab for participants to sample themselves and then return it to one of the organizations involved in the program. Here they can check and return test results after only a few days. SCAN also tracks results and demographic data – including age, gender, race, and ZIP Code – to see which members of the United States are most at risk and to evaluate their effectiveness. of social spacing measures. SCAN says its program is capable of carrying up to 1,000 tests a day.

Due to various reasons, Covid-19 testing in the US is still slow in launching and deploying in the United States. It is not clear whether the SCAN program will receive the EUA license fast enough to return to testing.

Refer to DigitalTrends

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