Your Editor self-identifies as an Iowan, and — like most Iowans — is a fool for Iowa propaganda. To wit: “Iowa biotech firm says it has produced enough coronavirus tests for 700,000 patients.”
Coralville-based Integrated DNA Technologies began producing test kits after the Food and Drug Administration amended rules last week to allow private labs to create products that detect the virus.
On Friday, the company told the Des Moines Register it had delivered materials that enabled testing of 700,000 individuals for the coronavirus that causes COVID-19. A company spokeswoman said it is ready to send additional materials for more testing.
Note that the reported constraint, per The Des Moines Register, was FDA “rules.” With the greatest respect and delicacy, we suggest that the FDA is only occasionally a “forest-for-the-trees” regulator.
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