Coronavirus: One test may be insufficient.

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March 8, 2020

Coronavirus: One test may be insufficient.

By Carol Brown

 

The CDC has been slow in making coronavirus tests available. Weeks after the virus broke, they finally seem to be ramping up.

But now it appears that a single test may not be enough to detect the virus. Per an online University of California San Francisco (UCSF) publication:

The currently available diagnostic test is a PCR test developed by the CDC, which looks for RNA from the virus. However, hospitalized patients infected with the new coronavirus can have test results that vary from day to day because the amount of virus produced by the body can change throughout the course of the illness, said Chiu.

Repeat testing may be necessary to determine if a suspected person has been infected or when a patient is no longer infectious. “The take home message is that a test that looks at a single time point is not sufficient to rule out infection,” said Chiu.

Medicine Net reports even more sobering news, stating that infected individuals can have multiple negative tests before one finally comes back positive:

Read more: https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2020/03/coronavirus_one_test_may_be_insufficient.html#ixzz6G72gPbU5
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[Doug1943 1,614]

Dear God .... what next?  Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water .....

[DawyneB 184]

So if i am reading this correctly this virus is either very sly at being detected or someone is looking for a way to detain people.  Very interesting.

[LetFreedomRing 5,753]

I walk around in a full body condom with an internal air supply so I won't need to be tested.  ?