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Originally Posted by HonestChieffan
Im sure someone has thought of this, but if you have it and recover, will testing still reveal you had the virus for some time after? Seems like testing those who had what was called flu has a place
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I only know the basics, but my understanding is that the answer is yes, but not through a "normal" test. The tests they're administering now will tell if the virus is active in the person - they won't detect someone who has already had it and recovered. A different type of test in the future will tell us what percentage of people actually had it, but it won't be something that's administered to a ton of people - just to random samples so that the analysis can be done.