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The Debate Around Tests as Public Health Tools
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There is a debate over whether tests should be defined as public health tools or medical devices. The FDA's authorization of tests as medical devices is diluting down the practice of medicine and hindering the creation of a new field of public health engineering.
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The FDA is authorizing COVID-19 tests as medical devices instead of public health tools, which is deluding down the practice of medicine.
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The FDA is authorizing COVID-19 tests as medical devices instead of public health tools, which is deluding down the practice of medicine. There is confusion and a lack of clear metrics for COVID-19 tests to be considered public health tools and not fall under the definition of a medical device.
ChapterThe Debate Around Tests as Public Health Tools
Episode#146 – Michael Mina: Rapid Testing, Viruses, and the Engineering Mindset
PodcastLex Fridman Podcast
In this episode, the speaker talks about the creation of a weather system for viruses by building the rules of virus spread across the globe for pandemic preparedness and everyday use, similar to predicting the weather.
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In this episode, the speaker talks about the creation of a weather system for viruses by building the rules of virus spread across the globe for pandemic preparedness and everyday use, similar to predicting the weather.