I think what ckcoke is saying is that the lab tests done that morning might not be from patient samples taken that morning -- they might be samples that are days or weeks old. There could be bottlenecks anywhere in the process, from collecting samples, to sending them, to testing them, to analyzing them. I'm not saying that they're not lying about their numbers, but I would actually be surprised if they don't have a bottleneck in the sample collection and processing. This is a pretty interesting post about the topic:
Additionally, because the driver was a potential threat to the CMO, they might have specifically moved that individual's sample processing to the front of the queue.
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I think what ckcoke is saying is that the lab tests done that morning might not be from patient samples taken that morning -- they might be samples that are days or weeks old. There could be bottlenecks anywhere in the process, from collecting samples, to sending them, to testing them, to analyzing them. I'm not saying that they're not lying about their numbers, but I would actually be surprised if they don't have a bottleneck in the sample collection and processing. This is a pretty interesting post about the topic:
http://www.caitlinrivers.com/blog/hackebola-the-limits-of-laboratories
Additionally, because the driver was a potential threat to the CMO, they might have specifically moved that individual's sample processing to the front of the queue.
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