Since COVID I’ve been semi-regularly reading ProMED emails digests. ProMED aggregates world wide infectious disease reports. They were the first to report on COVID-19 and a number of other outbreaks.
Is it that the test itself costs 50$ but paying someone to do it and interpret it costs 4 figures? Plus the qPCR tests for other conditions that you mentioned?
If so, sequencing might actually be quite attractive in that it’s one test for everything..
I suspect less than 4 figures, but it's possibly a factor. Another issue could be that it's just not on the standard menu from whatever external lab they use to run these tests.
Sequencing could potentially be more attractive, but I think you still have cultural and other issues.
Is it that the test itself costs 50$ but paying someone to do it and interpret it costs 4 figures? Plus the qPCR tests for other conditions that you mentioned?
If so, sequencing might actually be quite attractive in that it’s one test for everything..
I suspect less than 4 figures, but it's possibly a factor. Another issue could be that it's just not on the standard menu from whatever external lab they use to run these tests.
Sequencing could potentially be more attractive, but I think you still have cultural and other issues.