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Mon Feb 3, 2020, 09:25 AM

Goodheart (3,288 posts)

Would some pathologist explain to me how they know it's the coronavirus? [View all]

Do they actually put a blood sample under the microsope for each of these persons?

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Would some pathologist explain to me how they know it's the coronavirus? [View all]	Goodheart	Feb 2020	OP
Every time a skeptic raises a question	Cirque du So-What	Feb 2020	#1
Not sure of the actual tests, but this was in the NYT piece yesterday about a potential pandemic:	Dennis Donovan	Feb 2020	#2
Fortunately not exactly critical to patient care, since	Hortensis	Feb 2020	#5
Definitive diagnosis by PCR (polymerase chain reaction) lab test.	Claritie Pixie	Feb 2020	#3
I also heard that they have been able to detect it in a chest x-ray before fever starts. (eom)	Malmsy	Feb 2020	#4
how?	eShirl	Feb 2020	#6
Incorrect. Lung lesions were seen in some people who were already diagnosed patients	dalton99a	Feb 2020	#7
Chest x-rays show areas of congestion/pneumonia. They can't tell you the reason why.	Claritie Pixie	Feb 2020	#8