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The 2019 figure is basically $1M

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2021-09-29 04:47 Andrew Rambaut open

You definitely don't use PCR for anything but COVID
2021-09-29 04:47 Robert F. Garry open

The whole thing is rather fishy though. What does "procurement contracts for the test" mean?
2021-09-29 04:50 Andrew Rambaut open

By the way - your graph has the y axis in Yaun x 10-6 which isn't really that much money :wink:
2021-09-29 04:51 Andrew Rambaut open

Anyway - you said before that this was for equipment? I think Sanjay or whoever misunderstands that a 'PCR test' isbasically reagents.
2021-09-29 04:52 Andrew Rambaut

The 2019 figure is basically $1M
2021-09-29 04:56 Andrew Rambaut open

If you were setting up a big genomic surveillance lab you could spend that much on machines quite easily
2021-09-29 04:58 Andrew Rambaut open

The UK spent £22B on setting up the COVID testing system.
2021-09-29 04:59 Andrew Rambaut open

Obviously if there was any documentary evidence they were ordering PCR primers for SARS-like coronavirus that would be a game changer
2021-09-29 05:03 Edward C. Holmes open

It would be, although the idea that no one said a single word about this on public and social media until December perhaps argues against. I'm sure this is in no way related to the fact that Wuhan held a number of major events in2019 inc. the World Military Games, and might perhaps have wanted testing systems in place for the outbreaks that often follow mass gatherings.