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Do the current tests look generically for Coronavirus or more specifically for Covid 19?
I cannot seem to find a definitive statement on what the testing that is happening at the moment searches for.
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"Do the current tests look generically for Coronavirus or more specifically for Covid 19?
I cannot seem to find a definitive statement on what the testing that is happening at the moment searches for.
Thanks in advance for any clarity."
I believe the blood prick test, 4 weeks after symptoms, looks for covid19 as coroner virus could be the common cold.
The gov are emailing people asking them to trial the test. I'm guessing the NHS is supplying the names of those they issued isolation notices of. Hopefully clarity will come in time though |
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That's right. Sypmtons are so broad as to not be of much use for medical purposes beyond being ultra careful if any of the sypmtoms.
I am interested to understand how the test is working, but it's the isolation of the single virus SARS CoV 2 and if the current test can pick up specifically on the RNA of that. The terminology is bring used quite loosely by media. It is important to focus on specifically Covid 19 SARS CoV 2 as other coronavirus are endemic already.
Anti body testing I can understand.
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"Do the current tests look generically for Coronavirus or more specifically for Covid 19?
I cannot seem to find a definitive statement on what the testing that is happening at the moment searches for.
Thanks in advance for any clarity.
I believe the blood prick test, 4 weeks after symptoms, looks for covid19 as coroner virus could be the common cold.
The gov are emailing people asking them to trial the test. I'm guessing the NHS is supplying the names of those they issued isolation notices of. Hopefully clarity will come in time though "
Thanks for your reply.
I understand this to be the Anti-body test. Please correct me if I'm mistaken. |
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The swab tests are specifically looking for the presense of covid19 (also called SARS-CoV-2) virus RNA. That means you have got the virus...regardless of whether you are symptomatic or not.
The blood prick test which is just coming on board tests for two different antibodies. IgM antibodies peak during recovery and will disapear after around 28 days. IgG antibodies appear around the time IgM peak and should remain longer term. Hence the levels of each may help to indicate when you actually had the virus or not.
The problem is that many of the tests which we ordered (from China mostly) don't seem to be reliable..... |
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Just to really anal about this, Covid19 is the disease.
SARS-CoV-2 is the virus causing the disease.
The terms are being used interchangeably by the media, which is ok, but in some contexts it does matter. |
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"Just to really anal about this, Covid19 is the disease.
SARS-CoV-2 is the virus causing the disease.
The terms are being used interchangeably by the media, which is ok, but in some contexts it does matter."
Thanks.That is a really helpful observation. The media is doing as you say and has caused confusion.
There are two current test methods one for anti-bodies and the other for SARS CoV 2 virus specifically.
Considering the prevelance of Corona family it is useful to distinguish one from the others.
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"Just to really anal about this, Covid19 is the disease.
SARS-CoV-2 is the virus causing the disease.
The terms are being used interchangeably by the media, which is ok, but in some contexts it does matter.
As far as I'm aware they are interchangeable. I thought covid 19 was the lazy let's give this a name label from corona virus (or viral) disease 2019. Once realised it was as severe as SARS, it was decided to label it SARS CoV 2 (severe acute respiratory syndrome, of the corona virus family, Mark 2).
So, can you source what you've stated? "
https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/technical-guidance/naming-the-coronavirus-disease-(covid-2019)-and-the-virus-that-causes-it
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"Just to really anal about this, Covid19 is the disease.
SARS-CoV-2 is the virus causing the disease.
The terms are being used interchangeably by the media, which is ok, but in some contexts it does matter.
As far as I'm aware they are interchangeable. I thought covid 19 was the lazy let's give this a name label from corona virus (or viral) disease 2019. Once realised it was as severe as SARS, it was decided to label it SARS CoV 2 (severe acute respiratory syndrome, of the corona virus family, Mark 2).
So, can you source what you've stated?
https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/technical-guidance/naming-the-coronavirus-disease-(covid-2019)-and-the-virus-that-causes-it
Did it myself "
Thanks
https://youtu.be/5yD3o6_QGJI
Sources are in the description
Or if you prefer mainstream
https://youtu.be/-LqWX8D_Tns
I was looking for trusted information sources not WHO.
Thanks all the same.
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