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Today, @Ginkgo announced a free 5-week classroom testing pilot for 100s of schools. As part of the pilot, we’ll provide all the materials schools need to collect and ship samples, alongside in-depth onboarding support, and lab processing power and data return at no cost. 
https://twitter.com/Ginkgo/status/1341790410621022210
https://twitter.com/Ginkgo/status/1341790410621022210
We’re doing this because we believe that classroom testing in schools is a critical part of any national plan, and that it will help give communities the data they need to make better public health decisions. https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2020/12/09/how-increased-covid-19-testing-can-keep-americas-children-school/6488738002/
President-Elect Biden has pledged he will "work to see that a majority of our schools can be open by the end of my first 100 days.” At @Ginkgo, we're looking forward to working with health officials and educators like @teachcardona to make that possible. https://www.wsj.com/articles/biden-to-nominate-miguel-cardona-as-education-secretary-11608646951
Even as front-line workers finally receive vaccines, the situation is dire. As @Atul_Gawande wrote: “We will have more American dead in a single year from the pandemic than we saw during any year of war we’ve faced.” https://www.newyorker.com/science/medical-dispatch/we-can-solve-the-coronavirus-test-mess-now-if-we-want-to
We agree w @RockefellerFdn “Mounting this aggressive testing system in every one of the national public schools over a six-week period will be the most Herculean task the American educational system has undertaken.”
That's where our pilot comes in. https://www.rockefellerfoundation.org/news/the-rockefeller-foundations-new-plan-provides-covid-19-testing-strategy-to-open-all-of-americas-public-schools-by-march/
That's where our pilot comes in. https://www.rockefellerfoundation.org/news/the-rockefeller-foundations-new-plan-provides-covid-19-testing-strategy-to-open-all-of-americas-public-schools-by-march/
We've were able to start pilots in MA, RI, and LA before the holidays and have been fortunate to work with leaders like @condonmatt at @SalemSchoolsk12 and @MayorDriscoll who are putting in the hard work to find scalable solutions for their schools: https://twitter.com/condonmatt/status/1336370269070512129?s=20
We are now expanding to partner with 100s of schools across the US to provide 5 weeks of free classroom testing. Our pilot will deliver critical knowledge to educators, testing providers, and policymakers responding to COVID.
Learn more, and join us at: http://concentricbyginkgo.com/k12pilots/
Learn more, and join us at: http://concentricbyginkgo.com/k12pilots/
We can do big things if we try in the US. Getting the virus under control before widespread vaccination can be done with US biotechnology and with the horsepower of @CDCgov and leaders like @Transition46 providing guidance and rallying the troops! Excited to get going!!
