Damn good question. Some of us have wondered about this for some time now.
LOL — Good one!
What I was told is that they take a small random sampling of the positive tests and run the DNA tests on those. Based on that they interpolate what that equals in terms of a percentage.
magic 8 ball...
Lambda now in LA. From south america i beleive. There isn’t even a test for the wuhan CCP flu yet. Except for antibodies after you get it.
They don't even have a valid test for covid!
Delta spike has 20 mutations that differentiate it from wild (Wuhan original) virus
The easiest way to identify Delta is looking for the D950N mutation, which is unique to Delta
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What test[s] are they using to ID the virus?
You aren't legally allowed to know which variant gave you COVID-19 in the US, even if it's Delta
Most people with COVID-19 in the US are legally prevented from knowing which variant infected them.
That's because sequencing tests have to be federally approved for results to be disclosed to doctors or patients, and most are not yet.
Lab scientists say the process of validating the tests for approval is too costly and time-consuming.
https://www.businessinsider.com/covid-patients-cant-know-which-variant-infected-them-delta-2021-8
The don’t have a test
As contagious as the chickenpox, and just as deadly would be my guess. We should be having Covid parties, everyone get it and get over it. Isolate the rest who are sickly and old.
>>> How do they test for the Covid-19 Delta variant?
Are you sick?
Yes
Are you vaccinated?
Yes
You have the Delta Variant from the un-vaccinated
"According to Human and Health Services of Texas, the volume of positive cases is the main reason why genomic sequencing is not performed on every test."
They are using sampling and statistical approximation to the population based on available data and estimates on the error. This is how most population statistics are created.
"The Delta variant appears to be 50 percent more contagious than the alpha variant, according to scientists at Yale Medicine."
"A CDC document that was leaked revealed the Delta virus is as contagious as chicken pox, which could be carried and transmitted by both vaccinated and unvaccinated individuals."
Leaked or "unofficially released"? Either way, this explains why the Delta variant is such a problem right now.
They’re testing for variants by genomic sequencing.
Straight from the mouth of our resident county health doc.
Our area has a large university with ample lab facilities and they’re doing the testing.
However, it is NOT on a case-by-case basis, but on a sampling basis to gauge the incidence.
It validated what I already suspected. Delta is almost entirely what’s making the rounds, according to the sampling here and based upon posts made at FR.
This month...
Somebody correct me if I’m wrong, but isn’t the detection of Covid in your snot just an indication that you’ve been exposed, not infected?
It’s a genomic test.
Hospitals don’t run those—they are too expensive.
If you’ve been vaxxed and you show up to the hospital…it’s likely the Delta.
In my state all cases are “presumptive.”
Process of elimination. If it’s not American, United, Jet Blue, Southwest or Alaska, it must be Delta.
Simply is Delta because there did simply no way the vaxxed could be getting sick. Therefore: Delta.