Dr. Birx is wondering why these machines are not all running full blast in this COVID crisis.
https://www.molecular.abbott/int/en/products/instrumentation/m2000-realtime-system
The Abbott m2000 RealTime System is a highly flexible and proven solution featuring a broad menu of IVD assays:
Allowing consolidation of PCR testing on a single, reliable, high performance platform
Availability of Laboratory Defined Applications (LDA)
The m2000 System gives today's labs the consistency and the confidence they need – all on a single platform.
And if you have never heard of PCR testing, read this article:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polymerase_chain_reaction
Note that if you put in a SARS-CoV-2 DNA target, it tests for COVID-19
But you could easily swap in any other DNA target.
Influenza type B
Toxoplasma gondii
A sequence common to all alveolates/protists
Yersinia pestis = Plague = Black Death
Anthrax
Any human DNA sample such as the genes that cause Porphyria = Vampires.