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Originally Posted by Pants
Anecdotal but true:
My mom was exposed
Did not have symptoms
Got tested 6 days after exposure
Was positive
To Marcellus' point, she was told by the urgent care that she was wasting resources by getting a test without showing any symptoms.
I think anyone who gets exposed needs to be tested until we know that asymptomatic people are not contagious.
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With turnaround times and such, I get what he's saying. It makes sense. If you can have for instance these new tests that are much more instant, go for it.
The problem like we've talked about, with PCR is it really doesn't give insight into if you are infectious or even have a current infection. Just taht you have viral genetic material.