This study aimed to apply and validate for the first time a very sensitive digital droplet #polymerasechainreaction (ddPCR) protocol to detect and quantify T. gondii DNA in mussels. #PCR #infection #parasite #marine #water https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2023.1238689/full

Jetzt hat es mich zum zweiten Mal erwischt. Kann man in #Hamburg noch einen kostenlosen #PCR-Test machen? Frag mich einfach, sonst geht meine Infektion ja nicht in die Statistik ein. #corona

"#COVID Testing.

If you get a negative…

False negatives at the beginning of infection are very common, thanks to the virus mutating. In a recent study, #antigen & #PCR tests only agreed 47-58% of the time. If they did agree, there was a 1-8 day delay between a PCR turning positive & an antigen test turning positive.

The higher we are in a wave, the more skeptical you should be of a negative result. There are 2 things you can do to help reduce false negatives

Swab throat & salvia. These are positive days before the nose.

Repeat testing. 2 tests within 48 hours catch 92% of #symptomatic cases & 39% of #asymptomatic cases. 3 tests 48 hours apart detected 94% of symptomatic & 57% of asymptomatic patients.

If you get a positive…
Positives are positives. You’re infectious.

The faintness of a line provides clues, though:

Very bold line= you’re very contagious.

Barely see the line= you’re at the beginning or the end of your infection window."

https://yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com/p/riding-the-covid-19-waves-2023-style

1/n

Simplicity is better
I'm at home, with covid, so doing a lot of home testing
the lateral flow (rapid antigen test) is cheap, easy, doesn't generate to much plastic waste, and gives an semi quantitative answer - for the last 2 days, my + result is clearly much weaker

The fancy home molecular test generates huge amounts of plastic waste & gives a yes/no answer, so one doesn't know if one is changing

#covid #RAT #PCR #LAMP #Cas9

PS: what happened to all those VC hype claims about Cas9 tests ?

#SARSCoV2 #COVID19 #corona #PCRTest

wo/bei wem kriegt man derzeit noch #pcr-tests?
das internet ist überschwemmt mit veralteten informationen zu #testzentren usw. der ärztliche bereitschaftsdienst verweist an hausärzt*innen. scheinbar führen nicht alle hausärzt*innen diese tests durch. krankenhäuser zucken die achseln.

das macht ganz schön ratlos.

#Tweeter: About those who took the so-called '#PCR-test', the #nasalswab. 🔬 #DARPA #hydrogel
https://twitter.com/thehealthb0t/status/1684372890169524224?s=20

The US HHS Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) :

US HHS VAERS data can be searched here:

https://vaers.hhs.gov/data.html

At first glance this seems problematic based on number of events for such a short, and recent, window of time.

#CDC #Coronavirus #COVID #Fauci #HHS #NIH #PCR #Vaccine #VAERS #Wuhan

https://www.brighteon.com/8429ce74-5e6c-4431-915a-55b885d2ee09. BlueTruth Documentary — COMUSAV World Health And Life Coalition #PCR

according to my #mastodon client, the hashtag

#PCR has 1 mention in the last week

The #hashtags
#Polyamory has 16

#DnD has 416

I think this is only for my server, but still, to me this is so so tusker

I have a PhD in molecular biology and actually have some experience in putting together tests like test used for #Covid, like RATs and PCRs

and back in 2020 there was this huge hype boom on #twitter that #Cas9 #CRISPR was gonna revolutionize testing

#PCR #RAT

and I said this is probably BS Hype
turns out I was right and
YES
I am getting shoulder strain from patting myself on the back for my superior hindsight

RT @TakaraBioUSA
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PrimeSTAR® polymerases are building a chain of success stories. Add yours next! #PCR

Specialized Science Stuff
If you work with DNA, but have a tight budget, I highly recommend the snapgene viewer

https://www.snapgene.com/snapgene-viewer

#DNA #Plasmids #Cloning #GoldenGate #PCR #Primers #BLAST #RestrictionEnzyme
#Genes #RNA #Proteins

Es wird nur noch bis zum 30. April möglich sein, andere Personen über die #CoronaWarnApp zu warnen.

https://www.tagesschau.de/inland/gesellschaft/corona-warn-app-schlafmodus-101.html #corona #covid19 #schnelltest #pcr #pandemie

If you took a #PCR test it could NOT diagnose you with COVID. They don’t work that way - they only test for the presence of certain fragments of SARS-COV2. What you were really doing is submitting your #DNA for study - probably in #China. The #CCP & #WEF thank you for your assistance… but are you wondering why yet? #COVID19 #truth @VigilantFox @AGHuff @GenFlynn

https://www.newsweek.com/cdc-says-10-covid-swabs-sent-genome-lab-raising-privacy-questions-1680038

https://www.foxnews.com/world/china-collecting-worlds-dna-sinister

🇺🇸@AttorneyThomasRenz

Das #Asklepios Testzentrum, in dem die Mitbewohnerin am Montag noch war, vergibt übrigens seit heute keine #PCR-Termine mehr und die Ärztin hat seit heute auch ein Problem mit der Laborseite. Die #Corona-#Warnapp akzeptiert allerdings auch Selbsttests als Warnung. Immerhin.

(KzH bis mindestens Sonntag.)

#Covid #Covid19

RT @DrSchindler
MP @HendrikWuest #Gesundheitsminister in #NRW #KarlJosefLaumann @BMG_Bund @Karl_Lauterbach
Leider völlig unverständlich und unangemessen laufen am 01.03.2023 die Möglichkeiten #Coronaschnekltest und #PCR zu erhalten aus . Bitte dringend ändern und #Teststellen NICHT schließen!

Als je niet oppast steun je zo de vrienden van Baudet.
Dacht even dat #PCR Noord Korea was maar het is de People's Republic of China.

Na Nacionalnem inštitutu za biologijo optimizirali postopek digitalnega odkrivanja virusov https://znanost.sta.si/3137254 #virus #PCR @NIB_FITO_SI

Na Nacionalnem inštitutu za biologijo optimizirali postopek digitalnega odkrivanja virusov https://znanost.sta.si/3137254 #virus #PCR @NIB_FITO_SI

Donnerstag, 02.02.2023
#COVID19de #SarsCov2

#SarsCov2-PCR-Tests in der 4. KW
(23.01. bis 29.01.2023):

Es wurden 309.248 #PCR-Tests durchgeführt (+5,9% zur Vorwoche), davon waren 59.787 positiv (+19,0%).

Die Positivenrate steigt auf 19,3%.

https://www.rki.de/DE/Content/InfAZ/N/Neuartiges_Coronavirus/Situationsberichte/Wochenbericht/Wochenbericht_2023-02-02.pdf?__blob=publicationFile#page=22