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Re:Don has never had Covid. Now volunteers can put his uniqu... by Retric on Monday July 17, 2023 @01:10PM (#36760918)
Home COVID tests generally don’t show results from most asymptomatic cases even if they are actively fighting it off. It’s a question of viral loads being high enough to kick their immune system into high gear without being high enough to be easy to detect or easy to infect others.

Chances are he got COVID and fought it off without particularly noticing which isn’t in any way unusual for healthy people. 1+ million dead Americans demonstrates it’s a serious disease, but that doesn’t mean everyone was hit equally.

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Re:Don has never had Covid. Now volunteers can put his uniqu... by binarymax on Monday July 17, 2023 @01:23PM (#36761105)
He's had at least two negative PCR tests taken at separate highly likely times of infection :)
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Re:Don has never had Covid. Now volunteers can put his uniqu... by Retric on Monday July 17, 2023 @04:38PM (#36763729)
PCR tests for the disease which makes is very sensitive to viral loads. This is why the advice is “If you do not have symptoms but have been exposed to COVID-19, wait at least 5 full days after your exposure before taking a test.” https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/symptoms-testing/t...

Many people will fight off an infection in those 5 days, but it’s not considered a problem as asymptomatic people are unlikely to spread the disease. PCR accuracy of asymptomatic people is still surprisingly low, but again that’s not necessarily a problem.

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