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I mean. It’s really well established that a pcr test is looking for virus, and doesn’t distinguish between infectious or post viral shedding. This is why the cdc doesn’t recommend testing to decide when a ill person can end quarantine. I could post numerous links to that effect. I’m quite confident that aps has not come up with a new pcr test that in fact has the ability to distinguish between contagious covid and post viral. I’d they had, there would be much better uses for it. But you think they can and no amount of facts are going to convince you you are wrong. |
So if you know your kid had a recent covid infection then you should probably skip testing. Why is this a discussion topic? |
If you haven't been regularly testing your kid, there is no way to know of a positive PCR means they are infectious now or if if it means your kid had an asymptomatic case few weeks ago and are no longer infectious. That seems relevant to the decision about whether to sign up for the asymptomatic testing program. |
All the more reason to test early and often. |
All of you objecting to asymptomatic testing, don't you remember when we had children do asymptomatic testing for the swine flu in 2009-2010, causing tons of healthy kids who were close contact to miss school? Oh yeah, neither do I.
The Swine flu is estimated to have killed 3x to 4x more kids on an annual basis than COVID (CDC had to estimate because they weren't testing people like crazy): https://www.reuters.com/article/us-flu-usa/swine-flu-has-killed-up-to-17000-in-u-s-report-idUSN1223579720100212 Flu is also often transmitted asymptomatically: https://www.contagionlive.com/view/asymptomatic-influenza-infection-rates-deserve-more-attention |
Someone posted on AEM how the pooling / algorithm works. Pretty clever. |
For this person who keeps on insisting that aps can distinguish between active virus and remnant virus.
From the resource path website (aps testing contractor If you have previously had COVID-19 infection, please note that our RT-PCR tests are very sensitive and can intermittently detect virus for weeks/months even after the active infection period (10-14 days) has passed. Since a negative https://www.resourcepath.net/covid-19-rt-pcr-tests/#1611210156999-5756389f-c111 |
All the more reason to test early and often. |
Alternatively, all the more reason to stick with symptomatic testing and exclusion and let the rest go….. |
That’s not what the CDC recommends… |
Can you post it here? |
Do you shed virus after an asymptomatic case? Or just after a symptomatic one? Weren't all those tests on post virtual shedding done after symptomatic cases? |
Yes the test can detect virus after an infection. No one is disputing that. And they also check for a genetic marker on the virus sample that is only there during an active infection. So, if you had a previous infection, it does not trigger a positive result on this test. |
Basically each kid is part of two pools. Like this but a 6x6 grid. 6 x 6 = 36 kids 6 x 2 = 12 pools And by looking at the intersection of positive pools they can figure out the positive case. |