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I Tried It: Rite Aid’s Do-It-Yourself COVID-19 Test
cCity Life ^ | 05/18/2020 | Victor Fiorillo

Posted on 07/19/2020 3:26:27 PM PDT by steve86

Sub-title: If you've ever wanted to tickle your brain, now is your chance.

Rite Aid came out with its do-it-yourself COVID-19 test in April. This is a viral test, meaning it will tell you if you have the virus. It is not an antibody test. And when Rite Aid first made the announcement, the test was only for those with COVID-19 symptoms. You had to fill out an online questionnaire to determine your eligibility. And I had no symptoms, so I wasn’t eligible.

But just recently, Rite Aid changed its policy. Now, anybody can sign up for the test. And the test is free. There is no charge. So, knowing that people are always asking where and how they can get tested, I signed up. And, public interest aside, it would obviously be good to know if I have COVID-19, even though I feel fine.

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No, I haven't personally had the test, but the author did. Like other nasopharyngeal swab tests, you couldn't get me to submit to it at gunpoint. Article is from May but Rite-Aid testing has recently expanded to more states.
1 posted on 07/19/2020 3:26:27 PM PDT by steve86
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I heard someone took the Rite Aid swab test-—turned out they’re distantly related to Elizabeth Warren and a Viking guy who came over before Columbus. (Just a joke)


2 posted on 07/19/2020 3:30:02 PM PDT by frank ballenger (End vote fraud,harvesting,non-citizen voting & leftist media news censorship or we are finished.)
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I really imagine that sticking a swab way up into your nostrils can harm you. Am I wrong?


3 posted on 07/19/2020 3:33:58 PM PDT by Persevero (I am afraid propriety has been set at naught. - Jane Austen)
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you couldn't get me to submit to it at gunpoint.

Well, the antibody test I would consider. The virus test is less than worthless. Covid-free this morning does not equal Covid-free this evening, so its value is questionable at best, misleading at worst.

Even if the test was painless it could only provide a false sense of security.

4 posted on 07/19/2020 3:36:14 PM PDT by stormhill
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“ I really imagine that sticking a swab way up into your nostrils can harm you. Am I wrong?”

I think it caused Bidens dementia


5 posted on 07/19/2020 3:37:10 PM PDT by dsrtsage (Complexity is merely simplicity lacking imagination)
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To: stormhill

I agree.


6 posted on 07/19/2020 3:40:14 PM PDT by steve86 (Prophecies of Maelmhaedhoc O'Morgair (Latin form: Malachy))
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‘I really imagine that sticking a swab way up into your nostrils can harm you. Am I wrong?’

no...

but apparently what we can all do is infect someone by walking past them in a supermarket aisle with our noses uncovered...


7 posted on 07/19/2020 3:41:50 PM PDT by IrishBrigade
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Hat tip: Ann Barnhardt

ML/NJ

8 posted on 07/19/2020 3:45:00 PM PDT by ml/nj
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Does it come with 37 bureaucrats in SUV’S, ankle monitoring anklets for the whole family, and a Biden for President yard sign?


9 posted on 07/19/2020 3:50:21 PM PDT by blackdog (Making wine cave appearances upon request.)
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Bad idea. A positive result here in KY could result in you and everyone you’ve been in contact with for the last 20 years being fitted in ankle monitors and placed under house arrest for two weeks. No way.


10 posted on 07/19/2020 3:53:01 PM PDT by lakecumberlandvet (Appeasement never works.)
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That is referring to antibody test; not the active infection test. The swab test is always the active test. And the specificity (from other coronavirus strains) of some of the new antibody tests is so close to 100% it can’t be differentiated.


11 posted on 07/19/2020 3:53:29 PM PDT by steve86 (Prophecies of Maelmhaedhoc O'Morgair (Latin form: Malachy))
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I saw a mail-in blood-smear test available; but I wondered what would happen if one came up positive.


12 posted on 07/19/2020 3:55:09 PM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: lakecumberlandvet

I agree. My state hasn’t resorted to ankle bracelets yet but I know the story...


13 posted on 07/19/2020 3:55:13 PM PDT by steve86 (Prophecies of Maelmhaedhoc O'Morgair (Latin form: Malachy))
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Highly likely that is antibody test, not active infection test.


14 posted on 07/19/2020 3:56:04 PM PDT by steve86 (Prophecies of Maelmhaedhoc O'Morgair (Latin form: Malachy))
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I will never submit to the test unless I have symptoms

Not because of the discomfort but because I do not want to be on some government list.


15 posted on 07/19/2020 3:56:36 PM PDT by Pontiac (The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit)
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Really not much point in the test even if you have symptoms. There is no widespread specific treatment yet. If you have symptoms, stay home. If you can’t breath or extremely febrile hopefully someone will call an ambulance.


16 posted on 07/19/2020 3:59:44 PM PDT by steve86 (Prophecies of Maelmhaedhoc O'Morgair (Latin form: Malachy))
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To: IrishBrigade
At work we are required to wear masks at all times. It's a huge factory complex. I asked "What is the disposition of masks each time the employee changes the old for new?" I asked "Why are we not treating the used discarded ones as medical waste or hazmat?" No! We were just tossing them in waste baskets in the work areas and break rooms. About 1,800 of them per day!

Our HR Dept is in touch with the GED squad at our county health office that fines us for non compliance with the question? They are holding meetings on the matter now with a promise of a 10 business day measure for an answer.

Make them gnaw on their own crap.

17 posted on 07/19/2020 4:00:46 PM PDT by blackdog (Making wine cave appearances upon request.)
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To: Persevero

Yes, it could harm you. If you push that popsicle stick up your sinus cavity too far, or with too much pressure, you may puncture the mucous membrane and produce a nice Nose Bleed to fiddle with.


18 posted on 07/19/2020 4:02:41 PM PDT by lee martell
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You are correct. I checked again, and it’s an antibody test.


19 posted on 07/19/2020 4:07:59 PM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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“It tells you if you have the virus”

No, it doesn’t.

It tells you that you have RNA from the virus in your nose. And before you get excited - remember, they recover DNA from Egyptian mummies and 12,000 year old mammoths from under the ice.

The SARS CoV 2 PCR is very, very good for diagnosis in a patient with symptoms in the context of a community epidemic.

The meaning of a positive PCR in someone with no symptoms and who does not develop symptoms in 14 days is completely unclear.


20 posted on 07/19/2020 4:08:49 PM PDT by Jim Noble (Think like youÂ’re right, listen like youÂ’re wrong)
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