Variant Test?

[Canon Shooter]

I'm winding down from my second bout with Coivd (the first one was in November).

When I scheduled the test, there was nothing I saw online which discussed a test for the D variant. That got me thinking: If there's a test for it, is it being offered at, say, CVS and Walgreen's and if not, why not? But that also made me think that, if there's not a test for the D variant, how do they know when you have that and not just a real rockin' case of the good ol' generic Covid?

 

[Damaged Eagle]

*****SMILE*****

 

[MarathonMike]

Canon Shooter Sorry to hear that, was the second case worse or not as severe as the first?

 

[Gabe Lackmann]

I'm winding down from my second bout with Coivd (the first one was in November).

When I scheduled the test, there was nothing I saw online which discussed a test for the D variant. That got me thinking: If there's a test for it, is it being offered at, say, CVS and Walgreen's and if not, why not? But that also made me think that, if there's not a test for the D variant, how do they know when you have that and not just a real rockin' case of the good ol' generic Covid?

Because you didn't get Covid twice. the same as you can't get the same cold twice. Your immune system would recognize anything remotely related to the first version.
You got something else.

 

[excalibur]

Because you didn't get Covid twice. the same as you can't get the same cold twice. Your immune system would recognize anything remotely related to the first version.
You got something else.

A case of the Biden's.

 

[Canon Shooter]

Canon Shooter Sorry to hear that, was the second case worse or not as severe as the first?

Far less severe...

 

[Canon Shooter]

Because you didn't get Covid twice. the same as you can't get the same cold twice. Your immune system would recognize anything remotely related to the first version.
You got something else.

Not so sure about that. I took the test for Covid. I sincerely doubt it's going to come up positive for Covid if it's something else. Something like that would completely destroy the validity and integrity of the Covid test.

These are my test results from the rapid test, received on August 4 (symptom onset was August 8):

So my question remains: How do they know if you have the variant or not?

 

[MarathonMike]

Canon Shooter The Delta variant is identified differently than original Covid. Typically random samples are taken from a population and then a lab does a "genomic sequencing" test on the samples. Then they come up with the percentage of the samples that had Delta variant. It doesn't sound like you or anyone will know if you had the Delta variant or the original strain from a positive test. This article was pretty informative.

DELTA Variant Sequencing

Whole-Genome Sequence Analysis of DELTA Variant at Ayass BioScience, LLC The Delta variant was first detected in India in October 2020. By June 1, it had spread to 62 countries. Two weeks later, it had been found in 80 countries and by July 4, the number had risen to 104.

ayassbioscience.com

 

[Canon Shooter]

Canon Shooter The Delta variant is identified differently than original Covid. Typically random samples are taken from a population and then a lab does a "genomic sequencing" test on the samples. Then they come up with the percentage of the samples that had Delta variant. It doesn't sound like you or anyone will know if you had the Delta variant or the original strain from a positive test. This article was pretty informative.

DELTA Variant Sequencing

Whole-Genome Sequence Analysis of DELTA Variant at Ayass BioScience, LLC The Delta variant was first detected in India in October 2020. By June 1, it had spread to 62 countries. Two weeks later, it had been found in 80 countries and by July 4, the number had risen to 104.

ayassbioscience.com

Thanks.

Seems odd to me that, if the virus is different (which, by definition a "variant" would be), why can't they develop a test for it?

 

[MarathonMike]

Canon Shooter Maybe it's a matter of the cost and complexity of this sequencing test. Just a guess.

 

[Gabe Lackmann]

Not so sure about that. I took the test for Covid. I sincerely doubt it's going to come up positive for Covid if it's something else. Something like that would completely destroy the validity and integrity of the Covid test.

These are my test results from the rapid test, received on August 4 (symptom onset was August 8):

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So my question remains: How do they know if you have the variant or not?

Was it a PCR? Did you enquire on the number of cycles? You were probably not told the specific variant because that lab didn't, or couldn't test for it.

WHO Admits High-Cycle PCR Tests Produce COVID False Positives | Principia Scientific, Intl.

Were the 'conspiracy theorists' just proven right about the "fake rescue plan" for COVID? Did the 'science-deniers' just get confirmation that it was political after all? The short answer to both of these questions regarding the COVID-19 'casedemic' and the fallacy of asymptomatic PCR testing is...

principia-scientific.com

I know one thing it couldn't POSSIBLY be... a summer flu. Those all disappeared. No one gets influenza anymore.

Funny how we all just completely forgot 150 years of accumulated science once Covid showed up.

 

[Canon Shooter]

Was it a PCR? Did you enquire on the number of cycles? You were probably not told the specific variant because that lab didn't, or couldn't test for it.

WHO Admits High-Cycle PCR Tests Produce COVID False Positives | Principia Scientific, Intl.

Were the 'conspiracy theorists' just proven right about the "fake rescue plan" for COVID? Did the 'science-deniers' just get confirmation that it was political after all? The short answer to both of these questions regarding the COVID-19 'casedemic' and the fallacy of asymptomatic PCR testing is...

principia-scientific.com

I got the rapid test this time (lab test last time). I know that there have been a lot of reports of false positives with that but, I figured since I was feeling like shit, I'd just accept it. I just don't think it would be anything other than Covid, seeing as it's a test which, ostensibly, only tests for Covid. If it would show a positive for Covid when it's something else, that would pretty much unravel the validity of the testing...

I know one thing it couldn't POSSIBLY be... a summer flu. Those all disappeared. No one gets influenza anymore.

Funny how we all just completely forgot 150 years of accumulated science once Covid showed up.

Yeah, Covid seems to have cured the flu AND the common cold...

 

[Gabe Lackmann]

I got the rapid test this time (lab test last time). I know that there have been a lot of reports of false positives with that but, I figured since I was feeling like shit, I'd just accept it. I just don't think it would be anything other than Covid, seeing as it's a test which, ostensibly, only tests for Covid. If it would show a positive for Covid when it's something else, that would pretty much unravel the validity of the testing...



Yeah, Covid seems to have cured the flu AND the common cold...

It's all good dude. Hope you're feelin better.