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Category Archives: Testing

Friday Update for 2021-01-01: Threshold

Suddenly at Home Posted on 2021-01-01 by Keith Dawson2021-01-01

Herewith three items of pandemic news: the UK var­i­ant seems to spread faster in the young; what’s next in vaccines (by new contributor Doug Pardee); and the import of the PCR test cycle threshold. Plus the accustomed frippery. Cycle threshold … Continue reading →

Posted in Testing, Vaccines, Viral Variants | 2 Replies

Tuesday Update for 2020-12-15: CureVac

Suddenly at Home Posted on 2020-12-15 by Keith Dawson2020-12-15

Herewith three items of pandemic news you may have missed recently: How wear­able computers could predict Covid-19; the complicated situation with auto­anti­bodies; and the late-stage trial of German company CureVac’s vaccine candidate. Plus the accustomed frippery. CureVac’s candidate enters Phase … Continue reading →

Posted in Immunity, Long Haulers, Phase III, Testing, Vaccines | Leave a reply

Tuesday Update for 2020-12-01

Suddenly at Home Posted on 2020-12-01 by Keith Dawson2020-12-01

Herewith three items of pandemic news you may have missed recently: Covid tests you should not use; all about dry ice; and the imminence of shots going into arms. Plus a frippery. Vaccinations should start soon In England, regulators are … Continue reading →

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Friday Update for 2020-11-13

Suddenly at Home Posted on 2020-11-13 by Keith Dawson2021-01-05

Herewith three items of pandemic news you may have missed recently: mental health associations with Covid-19; an anti-depressant possibly protective against worsening disease; and using testing to shorten the time of quarantine. Plus the usual frippery. OCD drug fluvoxamine may … Continue reading →

Posted in Medical Studies, Testing, Treatment | 1 Reply

Tuesday Update for 2020-11-03

Suddenly at Home Posted on 2020-11-03 by Keith Dawson2020-11-03

Herewith three items of pandemic news you may have missed recently: testing a thyroid hormone for Covid-ARDS; grocery store clerks at high risk; and a simulator for rapid testing scenarios. Plus a frippery. A dashboard for exploring rapid testing Perhaps … Continue reading →

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Friday Update for 2020-10-30

Suddenly at Home Posted on 2020-10-30 by Keith Dawson2020-10-31

Herewith three items of pandemic news you may have missed recently: Using arti­ficial intelligence to diag­nose asymptomatic Covid-19; Medicare will pay for an EUA’ed vac­cine; and how obesity may complicate vac­cination. Plus a pair of frip­peries. Cough twice into the … Continue reading →

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Friday Update for 2020-10-23

Suddenly at Home Posted on 2020-10-23 by Keith Dawson2020-10-23

Today we offer four items of Covid-19 news: a county-level dashboard of dangerousness; new discoveries on how the virus spreads so effectively and why it inhibits long-term im­munity; and at-home saliva testing. Plus the accustomed frippery. Why illness may not … Continue reading →

Posted in Medical Studies, Testing | 2 Replies

Friday Update for 2020-09-25

Suddenly at Home Posted on 2020-09-25 by Keith Dawson2020-09-25

Herewith three items of Covid-19 news you may have missed this week: viral loads are falling; glasses might help; and dogs sniff for Covid. Plus the accustomed frippery. Viral loads are falling ICU admissions and death rates from Covid-19 have … Continue reading →

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Abbott’s $5 Test

Suddenly at Home Posted on 2020-08-30 by Keith Dawson2020-08-30

Last week the FDA granted Abbott Labs an Emergency Use Authorization for their BinaxNOW antigen test. The test costs $5 (materials only) and reads out in 15 minutes, with a 1.5% false positive rate and 2.9% false negative. The BinaxNOW … Continue reading →

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Saliva Tests in Minnesota

Suddenly at Home Posted on 2020-08-25 by Keith Dawson2020-08-25

Minnesota is the first state to have made a deal with the maker of a saliva test for SARS-CoV-2. When the simplified testing gets ramped up it will more than double the state’s daily testing capacity. Some of us don’t … Continue reading →

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Cheap, Frequent, Quick Testing

Suddenly at Home Posted on 2020-07-21 by Keith Dawson2020-07-23

Picture the widespread availability of a simple, cheap, at-home Covid test that produces quick results. Perhaps a strip of paper like a pregnancy test. Everyone in the country takes it daily. It would stop this virus in its tracks. On … Continue reading →

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No Spike from Twin Cities Protests

Suddenly at Home Posted on 2020-06-19 by Keith Dawson2020-06-19

The conclusion is early and tentative, but it is good news indeed: Of the thousands of people who were tested for Covid-19 after attending protest rallies in the Cities, only 1% or 2% have tested positive. Public health officials say … Continue reading →

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A Brace of Surprises

Suddenly at Home Posted on 2020-06-04 by Keith Dawson2020-07-07

Two things I didn’t know until today: The best test for the presence of SARS-CoV-2, the RT-PCR test, has a false negative problem; and you can be sick from Covid-19 for months (though the average case clears or worsens in … Continue reading →

Posted in Recovery, Testing | 6 Replies

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