Did anyone else hear that the reagent component of the virus testing in made in China and...

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is being held up by trump's tariffs?

[rurallib]

1. I did hear that - was it Gov. Cuomo who said it?

And with all our brain power and industrial power some US company could not have figured out how to make and distribute it in the past 3 months?

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2. We could've figured it out if trump had fully deployed the Defense Production Act.

The only excuse I can figure why he still hasn't is that he's afraid massive testing will show the full extent of infection in the country.

[rurallib]

3. that is correct. Is there anyway governors could get a company in their state

to manufacture the reagent, I wonder.

[stillcool]

4. I heard Cuomo talking about it..

Something about the whole world needs the reagent, so everyone wants it, and negotiations need to be at a higher level? They're not dealing with a manufacturer, they're dealing with the Chinese government.