Why are we in lockdown in our homes is, of course, the Coronavirus. I believe we all who are in the Mayo family have various backgrounds, from the farmers of the Midwest to the health workers at Mayo, we can pool our backgrounds to solve this Coronavirus challenge. At the same time, we are posting on this site, we are making friends and with that - connections.

The Coronavirus challenge. Flatten the curve is the goal, more testing is the way to do this, though the current rate of producing and processing the kits are not going to meet this demand. But how do you meet this goal will require people of all backgrounds working together through the art of Synergy.

I used to tutor business at college, logistics was one subject I taught, other areas of subject matters included how successful companies are organized. Synergy is key, people of all backgrounds are needed to meet goals and solve problems.

I believe the best way to increase production and to process the kits is to ask people of all backgrounds directly what they have learned on their jobs to help with any problem, in this case, it would be finding ways to increase the rate of testing. People who work in production, truck drivers, farming and in the medical field among others would play a part and be asked, “what have you learned on your job to help meet this coronavirus (testing) challenge?”(People in the medical field could advise how much max time must be met between the swab to the actual processing of the swabs for the sample to be effective.

After getting the input and perfecting a plan, closed down, off-season medical devices/food processing plants/transportation systems would be retooled and reopened just for the goal of making those kits. The Department of Agriculture experts should get involved.

To process those kits, I believe health buses with the testing kits on board should be part of the equation. They would drive right up to patient's homes to get the swab; several health buses would be assigned to geographic areas. Medical rail/trucking processing depots nearby would be where the kits would be transferred to, and from there the kits would be transported to regional (several states) kits processing labs. Off-season farming/food processing/transportation systems could be where to focus on to meet this testing processing challenge.