Novel Coronavirus Updates: How Healthcare System, Tests Work; More

This episode covers the following -- since our previous deep-dive on the novel coronavirus outbreak -- including:

practical implications for the U.S. healthcare system 1. given how it works today, and where we might go in the future — with a16z general partner Julie Yoo 2. , given our vantage point in tech; and how the rt-PCR test works 3. — with a16z bio partner Judy Savitskaya;

…in conversation with Sonal Chokshi.

Sources for updates at top:

CDC's latest briefing February 26, 2020, transcriptWHO situation report #27 • February 25, 2020 [we covered #6 and #25 on previous episodes]

Sources for last week's episode:

latest numbers: • cases in the U.S. ( CDC, as of February 17, 2020 • ); global cases ( WHO situation report #25, February 14, 2020 • ); spike in diagnosing cases as reported in China ( SCMP • , Scott Gottlieb • ) situation & policy statements/reports: • CDC summary ( as of February 14, 2020 • ); “Annual report on global preparedness for health emergencies”, WHO ( Global Preparedness Monitoring Board, 2019 • ) on definitions (of pandemics, endemics), other terms, and various naming conventions: • “Understanding pandemics: What they mean, what they don’t mean, and what comes next with the coronavirus”, Helen Branswell, StatNews ( February 12, 2020 • ); on disease occurrence and levels ( CDC • ); “ misinfodemic • “; best practices on naming new human infectious diseases ( WHO • ); qPCR ( Keith Robison • )

image: CDC test kit for COVID-19/ Wikimedia Commons