butlers Posted August 17, 2021 Share Posted August 17, 2021 Despite Spreading Easily, Delta Is Uniquely Weak Against Covid-19 Antibodies, Study Finds https://flip.it/al5Fns Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
top4718 Posted August 18, 2021 Share Posted August 18, 2021 8 hours ago, butlers said: Despite Spreading Easily, Delta Is Uniquely Weak Against Covid-19 Antibodies, Study Finds https://flip.it/al5Fns PCR tests cannot detect variants, how is so much known about the apparent spread of Delta? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest sibon Posted August 18, 2021 Share Posted August 18, 2021 8 minutes ago, top4718 said: PCR tests cannot detect variants, how is so much known about the apparent spread of Delta? Plenty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melthebell Posted August 18, 2021 Share Posted August 18, 2021 41 minutes ago, top4718 said: PCR tests cannot detect variants, how is so much known about the apparent spread of Delta? im sure theres more to the science of it than just PCR tests......but it does take thinking to think of such things Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carbuncle Posted August 18, 2021 Share Posted August 18, 2021 43 minutes ago, top4718 said: PCR tests cannot detect variants False. 44 minutes ago, top4718 said: how is so much known about the apparent spread of Delta? Sequencing of of a portion of test samples. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest sibon Posted August 18, 2021 Share Posted August 18, 2021 Just now, Carbuncle said: False. Sequencing of of a portion of test samples. Too many words Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
top4718 Posted August 18, 2021 Share Posted August 18, 2021 1 minute ago, melthebell said: im sure theres more to the science of it than just PCR tests......but it does take thinking to think of such things A genome test is the only one that can detect variants, these are not being done as a matter of course, so a lot of speculation dressed as fact may be at work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carbuncle Posted August 18, 2021 Share Posted August 18, 2021 1 minute ago, top4718 said: A genome test is the only one that can detect variants, these are not being done as a matter of course, so a lot of speculation dressed as fact may be at work. False. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
top4718 Posted August 18, 2021 Share Posted August 18, 2021 1 minute ago, Carbuncle said: False. The PCR test couldn't determine between Covid and Flu, it cannot detect variants. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carbuncle Posted August 18, 2021 Share Posted August 18, 2021 1 minute ago, top4718 said: The PCR test couldn't determine between Covid and Flu, False. 1 minute ago, top4718 said: it cannot detect variants. Do you mean it cannot distinguish between variants? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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