covid-19test – Word Salad

Sensitivity of COVID-19 tests is poor for days 0-7 of symptoms, and also for asymptomatic people

By bacca400 July 28, 2020COVID-19, COVID-19test

One study shows the rapid test is not very sensitive. The gold standard is a quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR)-based system taking several hours to confirm positivity. For effective public…

COVID-19 tests are broken, all showed positive for a goat, fruit, and more

By bacca400 May 18, 2020COVID-19, COVID-19test

Tanzania has suspended the head of its national health laboratory in charge of testing for the coronavirus and ordered an investigation, a day after President John Magufuli questioned the tests'…

COVID-19 testing explained.

By bacca400 March 30, 2020COVID-19

Although this is a helpful explanation, it never mentions the accuracy of the test. And different countries use different tests. Also, test kits from China, the ones WHO used, were…

Abbot labs might have 5 minute portable COVID-19 test.

By bacca400 March 28, 2020COVID-19

Starting April 1 this test can do 10,000 tests per day. Abbot Labs has been given emergency authorization to use the test. The test looks for fragments of the coronavirus…