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Re:The explosion of new coronavirus tests that could help to... by pmoriarty on Saturday July 18, 2020 @07:58AM (#23880789)
"If it were possible to pee on a stick as a self test, everyone would be ecstatic - but it's not, so far."

It is possible.

Listen to episode 640 of This Week in Virology[1] for details.

[1] - Starting at about 6'20" - https://www.microbe.tv/twiv/twiv-640/

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Re:The explosion of new coronavirus tests that could help to... by lazyasciiart on Saturday July 18, 2020 @08:10PM (#23885897)
Audio doesn't work for me, but if you have a written source I would be curious to see it.
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Re:The explosion of new coronavirus tests that could help to... by pmoriarty on Saturday July 18, 2020 @08:50PM (#23886077)
No, I don't have a transcript, but you could give this direct link to an mp3 version of the show a try:

http://traffic.libsyn.com/twiv/TWiV640.mp3

It should play in any media player.

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Re:The explosion of new coronavirus tests that could help to... by lazyasciiart on Monday July 20, 2020 @07:46PM (#23903067)
Sorry - I didn't mean technically, I meant I can't listen to voices easily.
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