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SoCalDem

(103,856 posts) Mon Mar 2, 2020, 10:03 PM Mar 2020

A question for the scientists

So the virus has been here for a while..you got it early on and recovered..

now you get a test..

will it show up as a "marker" or will it show up and trigger a quarantine?...

Is the test sensitive enough to show an immunity because of a recovered exposure/illness or will any remnant trigger a lockdown?

How many of us could afford a 14 day stay at a hospital?

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A question for the scientists (Original Post) SoCalDem Mar 2020 OP

Good question for public health officials to address uppityperson Mar 2020 #1

They are testing for the actual virus, Ms. Toad Mar 2020 #2

uppityperson

(115,677 posts)

1. Good question for public health officials to address

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Mon Mar 2, 2020, 10:37 PM

Mar 2020

Ms. Toad

(33,992 posts)

2. They are testing for the actual virus,

Reply to SoCalDem (Original post)

Tue Mar 3, 2020, 02:10 AM

Mar 2020

Not antibodies to it. They are different tests, so that distinction is not a matter of sensitivity. That said, the sensitivity of the test is low, so some people who actually have the virus are testing negative.

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