And they wonder why states are having difficulty. They will muddle through with major delays, but there is no way anyone is going to stand up a system that could handle this
With or without COVID-19, itās simply not a good idea to rely on mainland-Chinese equipment in the telecommunications infrastructure. Itās too hard to trust the mainland-Chinese equipment vendors not to simply do whatever the mainland-Chinese government tells them to.
Different ways to do that, such as sandwich technology (usually read on a box) or a cassette test like a pregnancy test. I know the Koreans have been using the latter and I suspect that's where we need to go (along with a serum test for antibodies). I don't know the production capabilities of the cassette test, but I do know there are some result problems.
Maybe this narrative will make a round: "Extreme man-made pollution has triggered the Earth's immune system and the Earth responded with SARS-CoV-2 to protect itself." Imagine a Hollywood blockbuster with Jeff Goldblum delivering a line along that line.
"Mother Nature finds a way". It has occurred to me that these viruses might well be seen as antibodies for the planet's immune system.