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Why anonymous sperm donation is over in the US and why that matters
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Centenarian blood tests give hints of the secrets to longevity
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A blood test for long Covid is possible, a study suggests
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Women in Denmark can now take a blood test to identify genetic foetal abnormalities in early pregnancy. But it has raised ethical questions.
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Is there a way to do a DNA test anonymously?
Not sure if this is the right spot, but the topic says it. I'd like to get my DNA checked out, but I don't want it connected to my name and all that. Is this actually possible? Am I overreacting?...
Not sure if this is the right spot, but the topic says it. I'd like to get my DNA checked out, but I don't want it connected to my name and all that. Is this actually possible? Am I overreacting?
I'm not even sure what I look to gain from the testing, but I figured I'd look into it. If I can do it safely and privately, I'm game. If not, no loss.
Any thoughts?
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To prepare for future pandemics, we can learn from the OECD's top two performers: New Zealand and Iceland
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Covid testing company "selling customers' DNA"
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The first baby in history to be conceived with the help of polygenic testing
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FDA authorizes over-the-counter screening tests for COVID-19
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NHS to trial blood test to detect more than fifty forms of cancer
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Rapid antigen testing is less accurate than the US government wants to admit
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Tracker for coronavirus test results from officials in the US government and presidential campaigns
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CDC coronavirus testers pulled from Minnesota after hostile and racist encounters
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New open-source test tube rack helps COVID-19 testing lab tame thousands of samples
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Arizona university prevents potential Covid outbreak by testing feces
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Your coronavirus test is positive. Maybe it shouldn’t be
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Washington University develops COVID-19 saliva test
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America is following disastrous Trump advice to slow down testing
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Denmark launches coronavirus passports – citizens can download official document if they have tested negative for illness within last seven days
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'See it as your civic duty': Testing blitz to target hotspots as Victoria records thirty-three new cases
Article: 'See it as your civic duty': Testing blitz to target hotspots as Victoria records 33 new cases I found this part especially interesting: Health workers going door-to-door to test...
Article: 'See it as your civic duty': Testing blitz to target hotspots as Victoria records 33 new cases
I found this part especially interesting:
Health workers going door-to-door to test residents in these hotspots will be using a new type of saliva test developed by the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity that is less invasive, and painful, than nose and throat swabs.
There's a new form of coronavirus testing in Australia.
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South Asia emerges as a new coronavirus hotspot as unsustainable lockdowns start lifting while limited testing obscures the true size of outbreaks
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Scores of testing sites forced to close because of vandalism in civil unrest
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Urine test for kidney stones gives results in thirty minutes
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Danish robot swabs throats for coronavirus – advance could mean healthcare workers are not exposed to risk during the monotonous process of taking samples
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CDC is conflating viral and antibody tests. Pennsylvania, Georgia, Texas, and other states are doing the same
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Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention releases results of investigation showing that recovered cases that re-test positive later are not infectious
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State and federal data on COVID-19 testing don’t match up
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TSA working on plan to check temperatures at some American airports
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US FDA halts coronavirus testing program backed by Bill Gates
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Could the porn industry offer a model for reopening amid Covid-19?
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Wuhan to test whole city of eleven million as new cases emerge
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CityMD mistakenly told 15,000 Americans with coronavirus antibodies they're immune
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The four men responsible for America’s COVID-19 test disaster
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Miscounted - Kate Daly's story of being sick with COVID-19 for seven weeks while receiving a false negative test result
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US FDA reverses policy that let over 100 antibody tests on market without review
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An alliance of world leaders have met during a virtual summit, pledging 7.4 billion euros for coronavirus testing and treatment and the development of a vaccine
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National Guard protecting Maryland's coronavirus tests so Federal Government can't seize them
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Coronavirus antibody tests: Can you trust the results?
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CRISPR gene editing may help scale up coronavirus testing
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Severe limits on coronavirus testing in Brazil are hiding the true scale of the outbreak, with researchers suggesting actual case numbers are 8-16 times higher than reported
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US governors dispute Trump's claim that there's enough coronavirus testing
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Biotechs are battling to make the first good blood test for Covid-19
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China tests thousands to calculate true spread of coronavirus
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Experts voice concerns about Covid-19 testing accuracy
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How to test everyone for the coronavirus
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Sweeping testing of the entire crew of the coronavirus-stricken US aircraft carrier finds that about 60% of positive cases have not shown symptoms
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False negatives raise doctors' doubts about coronavirus tests
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Mass testing is the best hope for normalcy after quarantine
I'm sure something everyone has wondered at this point is simply what the plan is after the lockdown. Out of what's circulating in public policy circles, Paul Romer's plan is the probably the one...
I'm sure something everyone has wondered at this point is simply what the plan is after the lockdown. Out of what's circulating in public policy circles, Paul Romer's plan is the probably the one with the most appealing results
https://paulromer.net/covid-sim-part1/
Basically, mass random testing--specifically, 7% of the population is tested every day, or 21 million, selected randomly.
Of course, 21 million random tests is an absurd number. But if it could be done, people could to some extent resume life, if the simulations hold to reality.
On the other hand, plans like
https://www.aei.org/research-products/report/national-coronavirus-response-a-road-map-to-reopening/
https://ethics.harvard.edu/covid-19-response
Have a few things in common. For one, they all involve incredibly advance and detailed contact tracing. They rely on the proliferation of mass surveillance similar to HK, where all US citizens would have to install apps, for instance, that track their location and ping them when they have been in contact with a COVID19 positive patient.
They also involve extreme limitations on travel, and one of them even has the forced drafting of immune citizens into the medical and food industries.
It's estimated about 80% of the economy could continue, and they will last until the minimum of vaccine (18 months - 2 years) or 14-20 months (herd immunity is achieved).
What does everyone else think? What do you think we should do after the lockdown?
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The big lesson from South Korea's coronavirus response: Testing and tracing were the key to slowing the spread of coronavirus
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