[–] TXWYNMTX 0 points 15 points 15 points (+15|-0) ago
Asymptomatic spread and airborne virus is absolute bullshit. Virus and flu didn’t suddenly change its MO. Spread is the same as always. Sick person coughs in your face or on surface and you ingest virus particles by rubbing cough crap into your eyes or mouth. Viral load matters. They have to be sick (lots of viral particles). The molecular test on asymptomatic patients would not show the virus can replicate, and in fact, that the patient is asymptomatic implies the RNA is not replicating.
[–] WillGreeley 0 points 7 points 7 points (+7|-0) ago
President Trump explained how his last maybe latest Q-tip tests are simple, painless, quicker!
He offered that test to all Governors of every state and seems All State Governors choose not to use them!!
WHY???
We the People should be raising cain for them!!!
[–] Silver_Sky 0 points 4 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago
Playing devils advocate, the higher concentration of the virus that they can test, the more likely the test will give an accurate result. Accurately testing for the virus in a water solution 100% saturated with viral particles is easier than accurately testing for the virus on one of these bore cleaner q tips. If you were to bkow on the thing, you would likely only deposit a few tens of thousands of viral particals - enough to make someine sick, but that's an astronomically small amount of mass to test for. Roughly speaking, these viruses are 10-100 nano meters in size IIRC which is much closer to being the size of a single atom than to the size of a human cell. I know a lot of these tests rely on decomposing the viruses DNA, RNA, or proteins and watching for them to bind to chemicals, and a very real problem with this kind of testing is not having enough viral material to get over the activation threshold of the testing chemicals, therefore you need to get a dense sample to guarantee accurate results. Now, whether or not these tests are accurate is another question...
[–] Jiggggg 2 points 16 points 18 points (+18|-2) ago
I keep telling everyone I can - DON'T GET TESTED. If you are just absolutely made to get tested (I don't know why you would, but whatever), spit on the test or blow you nose and wipe that on the test or something.
DON'T LET THEM PUT ANYTHING IN YOUR BODY
[–] ammonthenephite 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
My roomate has been tested and tested negative, so not every test is preloaded for a positive result. Like others have said, testing is a requirement prior to some medical procedures.
[–] WeAreWinning 0 points 6 points 6 points (+6|-0) ago
If you want medical procedures they make you get tested.
[–] CokeOrPepe 0 points 5 points 5 points (+5|-0) ago
Military forces it
[–] 4TheRepublic 0 points 13 points 13 points (+13|-0) ago
Bacteria (pathogenic and non-pathogenic) and viruses are 'resident'/present in the nasal cavity (i.e. vestibule) and nasopharynx of every person ... healthy or not. The mucosa of the nose and mouth provide defense against pathogens.
IOW, the mere presence of potentially harmful bacterium or virus in that mucosa DOES NOT indicate 'infection'.
[–] alphazebra 0 points 10 points 10 points (+10|-0) ago
Bingo. That’s why PCR tests are vague at best. It may indicate the presence of a pathogen but it can’t tell how much there is in the body or if the person is even affected by it. It’s unwashed data that can be used to manipulate and skew anything you want.
[–] CheeBooga 2 points 1 point 3 points (+3|-2) ago
Just look at all of the sheep lining up in drive-thrus getting tested
[–] dontstopmenow 1 point 3 points 4 points (+4|-1) ago
I know WTF - and WhoTF are these thousands of people getting into mile-long lines to get infected by the state. It's a sad sad indicator that too many people blindly and willingly tow the line for their government overlords. WWWWWWTTTTTFFFF!!!
[–] OpakapakaCaca 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Democrats.
[–] CheeBooga 0 points 3 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago
The way I got it figured is about 70% of people are complete sheepish morons.