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Originally Posted by Discuss Thrower
It makes no sense to have a test that isn't perfect but will signal that someone who might have some or no symptoms needs a PCR test within 30 minutes of of an initial test administration to confirm whether or not they're actually infected with C-19?
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The issue is a pcr test doesn’t necessarily tell you if you are actively infected or not. It’s detecting viral rna which you can shed up to 3 months post infection.
So it’s too specific in catching stuff which is great as a diagnostic tool but not great in that it doesn’t really tell you if you are actively infected or not or if you’re infectious as we now know (and have always) that you’re the most infectious at high titers.
The antigen test actually works better imo for what we need right now