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1. 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.
2. 2021-09-29 04:52 Andrew Rambaut open
   The 2019 figure is basically $1M
3. 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
4. 2021-09-29 04:58 Andrew Rambaut open
   The UK spent £22B on setting up the COVID testing system.
5. 2021-09-29 04:59 Andrew Rambaut
   Obviously if there was any documentary evidence they were ordering PCR primers for SARS-like coronavirus that would be a game changer
6. 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.
7. 2021-09-29 05:05 Robert F. Garry open
   Also well documented that the Hubei Province Districts Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (May-Dec 2019)was moving into new building near the Huanan market in 2019 - they probably got themselves some new PCRmachines then. The WIV also something of a work in progress so there are reasons that there amy have beenbumps in equipment purchases then.
8. 2021-09-29 05:09 Andrew Rambaut open
   And the fact the spending was going up by 10M a year in the previous years.

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