[exDemMom]

Seems to me that the people who were too smart to volunteer their DNA to 23 and Me are now going to be compelled to contribute to a national DNA database in order to go out and buy a loaf of bread.

Testing for virus is not the same as sequencing the genome. The genetic material in the coronavirus is RNA. The process of purifying RNA removes any DNA from the sample. Your DNA would not be sequenced in an assay designed to detect Covid-19 RNA.

[reformedliberal]

Your DNA would not be sequenced in an assay designed to detect Covid-19 RNA.
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Both involve swabs. Could DNA be extracted from the raw swab prior to sequencing?