How COVID-19 Testing Works

There are three different COVID-19 tests in use today, with several variations of each on the market. What, exactly, do they do? How accurate are they? What can they tell us about this virus? Dr. C goes into the details, concluding that education is the best defense against misinformation. Links: COVID-19 antibody testing (MayoClinic.org) Antibody Tests for the Coronavirus (ScienceMag.org) Explained: how a covid-19 serology test works and obstacles to its use (ResearchAmerica.org) Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) Fact Sheet (Genome.gov) Coronavirus antigen tests: quick and cheap, but too often wrong? (ScienceMag.org) COVID-19 RT-PCR test details (FDA.gov) Your Coronavirus Test Is Positive. Maybe It Shouldn’t Be. (New York Times) Reverse Transcriptase (Wikipedia) Oops: Coronavirus testing at Boston lab suspended after nearly 400 false positives What on earth is a ‘gene’? Slicing and dicing the genome. Biblical Genetics, episode 8, 31 Mar 2020 Proverbs 25:2 Intro Music by Xihcsr Intro Graphics by MattWalkerVideo

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