Just Your Luck, You'll SurviveMay 31, 2024

#Sick?? 🤧

Tested neg(-) for #Covid?

TEST AGAIN on

✅ Day 4

This study shows that while early on in the #Pandemic, you wanted to test as soon as symptoms started, because viral loads peaked on Day 1..

NOW...

Viral loads are peaking on Day 4

"Ag RDT sensitivity estimates were 30.0%–60.0% on the first day, 59.2%–74.8% on the third day, and 80.0%–93.3% on the fourth day of symptoms."

#TestOnDay4 #CovidIsAirborne #ThroughTheAir #LongCovid

#MaskUP & Stay Safe! 😷🫶
https://academic.oup.com/cid/article/78/2/301/7285011

The New Normal: Delayed Peak SARS-CoV-2 Viral Loads Relative to Symptom Onset and Implications for COVID-19 Testing Programs

In a highly immune adult population, median severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) viral loads by cycle threshold and antigen measure

OUP Academic