Didn't expect to find a story of immigrant ingenuity in the world of covid testing.
Then I learned a pair of immigrant-led clinics had reimagined a testing design from S. Korea, which is doing quite a bit better than erm some other places.
laist.com/2020/07/09/cov…
Then I learned a pair of immigrant-led clinics had reimagined a testing design from S. Korea, which is doing quite a bit better than erm some other places.
laist.com/2020/07/09/cov…
The inspiration: 
The American cousins:
Quite something to see the disembodied mad scientist gloves taking a nasal swab
They built a sprinkler system that sprays disinfectant after each test
View from the inside
Ellen Ahn on how being an immigrant has helped her lead her Korean American social services agency thru covid and try innovations that haven’t caught on in the US.
“We have a can-do attitude, we don’t fully believe everybody all the time— and we don’t like getting ripped off!”
“We have a can-do attitude, we don’t fully believe everybody all the time— and we don’t like getting ripped off!”
Ahn’s buddy Trish Nguyen thought the booth was so cool she had one built at a health clinic in Garden Grove. She runs Orange County’s largest social services agency for Vietnamese Americans.
