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Re:New research shows social distancing a must to beat Covid-19 by epmaybe on Thursday March 19, 2020 @11:45AM (#22628534)
Yes, but I don't think the PCR test is testing for that, currently. It's looking for pieces of viral RNA that are present in your blood. Antibody serology tests aren't readily available anywhere yet. In fact, the CDC is still developing theirs.
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Re:New research shows social distancing a must to beat Covid-19 by epmaybe on Friday March 20, 2020 @04:07PM (#22641130)
Can't edit this, but to be completely correct, it's looking for viral RNA present in samples, not necessarily blood. More commonly sputum or respiratory samples when it comes to coronavirus.
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