Good read Jamey
Need more testing and get the anti malaria drugs out so people can take them from home

Good read, but I noticed the Dr. mention that sore throats are not common. I thought it was reported earlier/elsewhere that they were commn?

74Ag1 said:

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Good read Jamey
Need more testing and get the anti malaria drugs out so people can take them from home

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I think politicians are making that sound more hopeful than scientists

I believe it's the cough that's a common symptom, not a sore throat without cough.

Another rare symptom that's popping up is the inability to smell and even more rare, taste

Except the article implies South Korea used a 15 minute test and that does not appear to be the case.

I've touted the serology tests in previous replies on this board, but mass scale serology tests take longer to get right. It's just the nature of those particularly beasts.

Edited bad grammar.

Patentmike said:

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Except the article implies South Korea used a 15 minute test and that does not appear to be the case.

I've touted the serology tests in previous replies on this board, but mass scale serology tests take longer to get right. It's just the nature of those particularly beasts.

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Anti body tests? Supposedly one of those is in the works


It would be good to know, especially with assumed immunity

jamey said:

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Another rare symptom that's popping up is the inability to smell and even more rare, taste

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If you can't smell, you can't taste.

90% of what you taste is smell believe it or not. That's why a lot of people with bad colds complain of losing taste

jamey said:

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Patentmike said:

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Except the article implies South Korea used a 15 minute test and that does not appear to be the case.

I've touted the serology tests in previous replies on this board, but mass scale serology tests take longer to get right. It's just the nature of those particularly beasts.

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Anti body tests? Supposedly one of those is in the works


It would be good to know, especially with assumed immunity

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Yep, but the article made it sound like South Korea used antibody tests and not RT-PCR.

rgag12 said:

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jamey said:

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Another rare symptom that's popping up is the inability to smell and even more rare, taste

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If you can't smell, you can't taste.

90% of what you taste is smell believe it or not. That's why a lot of people with bad colds complain of losing taste

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My wife must be more evolved then. As far back as she can remember, she has had no ability to smell. However, she can taste.

I married up.

rgag12 said:

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jamey said:

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Another rare symptom that's popping up is the inability to smell and even more rare, taste

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If you can't smell, you can't taste.

90% of what you taste is smell believe it or not. That's why a lot of people with bad colds complain of losing taste

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Exactly. I remember last time I was sick in November I lost most of my sense of taste. Symptoms just seem more noticeable now because we're all hyper-aware.