New research shows social distancing a must to beat Covid-19

Re:New research shows social distancing a must to beat Covid-19 by djsumdog on Thursday March 19, 2020 @01:18PM (#22629561)

I heard in an interview with Michael Osterholm, that scientists in China started testing people who had come in contact to those who were sick in the early days of the outbreak, and found people who were not showing any symptoms, but had a large amount of viral load in their throats they were actively breathing out.

What kind of testing they do in those situations?

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Re:New research shows social distancing a must to beat Covid-19 by PeterisP on Thursday March 19, 2020 @01:54PM (#22629887)

The first one - if you have the virus, it's multiplying in you and you're infectious then that test will detect it (during that time) no matter if you have severe symptoms or light symptoms or if for you the infection doesn't have any symptoms that you would notice.

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