TESTING
Northwestern develops coronavirus antibody test using single drop of blood
... Those who are tested will be sent a finger prick to illicit a small sample of blood, which is then stored on a special filter paper. The same is sent via regular postal service to the lab...
they didn’t show a picture, but I’m wondering if this is similar to the diabetes blood sugar test strip?
WASHINGTON - Walla Walla - DARWIN AWARD Nominees
A New Source of Coronavirus Spread: ‘Covid-19 Parties’
SEATTLE — A county in Washington State dealing with a coronavirus outbreak has identified a confounding new source of spread: “Covid-19 parties” organized so that people can deliberately mingle with an infected person in the hope of getting their own illness out of the way.
...Ms. Debolt said the two people who became ill after attending one of the parties in the Walla Walla area were young and have not needed hospital care. They informed health investigators that they figured they would be able to quickly recover from the virus, apparently not considering that they could then spread it to others more vulnerable to serious health effects or death.
“They feel really bad now, knowing that they put families and friends and others at risk,” Ms. Debolt said.
She said health authorities learned about the second party during their interviews but had so far only identified two people who became sick.
Antibody blood test sent through the mail. All sorts of wicked medical stuff is sent through the mail. That was part of the reason it was taking the actual CV tests results taking so long. Yeah, those CV samples bouncing around mail trucks right along with Aunt Betty’s birthday card and your phone bill. What could possibly go wrong?