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by MoodyTU 2294 days ago
Just some thoughts

Even if you develop a perfect test, it's unlikely to help the people you're testing. People who are feeling sick (and those who aren't) should be staying home and minimizing contact with others, and going to a hospital if they are sick enough to require doing so. A positive or negative test data point doesn't change that.

The data could be useful epidemiologically, but only if you can convince others to use your data. That will likely be difficult to do.

Most importantly, you're very likely to get sick yourself handling 10s or 100s of samples without training and appropriate facilities.

Totally appreciate your drive, but your time might be better spent contacting your representatives and making it clear we expect better from them.