Somebody emailed me a meme claiming that. Not sure how it got started when there the technology in use for distinguishing the different strains have been around for a long time.
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/variants/variant-info.html
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/variants/cdc-role-surveillance.html
Re: 37 - That FReeper has been posting that claim about the test on multiple threads for quite some time. Still just as inaccurate a claim since the first time it was posted.