Considering that this is a constantly mutating virus..........possibly.
It is a little extreme, but in highly populated areas like NY that had a really bad outbreak I can see the rationale. I think getting the flu shot this year is smart.
Same family of viruses artificially skewing positive test results or false-positives. Viral remnants hang around for a long time, especially at the 40 cycle sensitivity being run by many labs.The coronavirus is the cause of about 20% of colds
Causes of the Common Cold
There are more than 200 viruses that can cause a common cold with 20-30% caused by "unknown" bugs. See a list of the most common virus types that cause colds.www.webmd.com
Yes it is rational. Cover 19 is closely related to the common cold and they've been trying for a vaccine for over 40 years with no success. It may never happen.
Look up CAP guidelines in the infectious molecular section. Then come back and post, specifically after educating yourself on sensitivity and specificity. There is so much misinformation in this post.
Do you know the match and success rates of flu virus vaccines that we've been using and perfecting for decades? Id say not great at best.
Not sure about your point. It was long speculated viral load of exposure played a part in disease outcome. Drs don’t see the Ct value on report. About the only folks that do are the techs who run the assay and ID docs that come to look if curious. Results reported as positive, negative, and inconclusive. That’s what a qualitative test does. Patients are hospitalized on severity of disease not Ct values.
Why? So you're telling me the COVID virus is the flu? What good does a flu shot do for COVID?
So reporting a Ct value of 30 vs 40 is somehow a revenue scheme? This whole reporting a Ct value is bunk. The vast majority qualitative assay programs run for 40 cycles on the realtime instrument. It is highly irregular to do so in a clinical setting. Typically you figure out your limit of detection (LOD) and step back a cycle or two. I can assure you UIHC does not use 40 as a threshold cutoff.
I think the school of thought is since there are some of the same symptoms. If you take the flu off the table as much as possible people won't say i just got a touch of the flu and ignore it.
It's mitigation on the flu side of things. It is possible to be infected with both diseases at the same time. Probably not the best situation to be in. They also want to reduce any possible strain on the healthcare system.
You realize some people have to retest and get two negative tests for them to come back to their place of employment? So when 40 causes a false positive for a totally non-infectious person (see UK chart) then it becomes a revenue stream. If 30 ct shows negative for said employee then testing ends. Does a deceased cancer victim with a 40 ct positive test (with no infectious viral load) count as a covid death? Your assurance that UIHC doesn't use 40 ct positive tests doesn't mean anything without documentation verifying such. Thanks.
Had a coworker test 4 times after he showed no more symptoms before he got a negative result.
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