Okay-that’s what I thought. Equipment seems pretty specialized and I looked up PCR which is some kind of genetic testing?
Is everyone running the same kinds of testing? I read before that some of the people tested negative but still had ebola-the antibodies weren’t there when initial testing was done, so I was getting worried.
Those negatives or false positives were the result of a test kit, (a chemical kit) that is known to be fritzy depending..
PCR is a dead on accurate test, however there are about 20 versions of it.
I can only assume, rightly or wrongly that they are using the right but shortest time consuming test.
It charts a dna profile. The disease is well understood to not change more than about 20% or less of it’s dna that it picks up from every infected. So, unlike the flu, which can vary widely, you can use a quickie PCR and get a valid result of the ebola signature.