Never believe minimizers who lie and say there’s nothing more we can do to mitigate the spread of #COVID. This would be a huge game-changer!
Scientists are developing a breathalyzer that can detect coronavirus in just one or two breaths and provide results in less than 1 minute. The test could be more accurate than rapid home tests and faster than PCR tests.
https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/new-breath-test-shows-promise-rapid-covid-19-detection
The current tests are easy, if you’re not an idiot. To quote The Newsroom as written by Aaron Sorkin, we can safely add a 4th category in which Americans lead:
“We lead the world in only 3 categories: number of incarcerated citizens per capita, number of adults who believe angels are real, and defense spending, where we spend more than the next 26 countries combined, 25 of whom are allies. And morons. Jesus H Christ! We’re far and away the largest supplier of morons on Earth!”
https://mstdn.party/@luckytran@med-mastodon.com/110822801086708509
Sure hope that it's real. Anything that makes such broad claims (better than any existing technology in several disjoint ways) makes me instantly suspicious, but I really, really hope it plays out.
Never believe minimizers who lie and say there’s nothing more we can do to mitigate the spread of #COVID. This would be a huge game-changer! Scientists are developing a breathalyzer that can detect coronavirus in just one or two breaths and provide results in less than 1 minute. The test could be more accurate than rapid home tests and faster than PCR tests. https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/new-breath-test-shows-promise-rapid-covid-19-detection
@luckytran https://varrobio.com/how-varro-plans-to-make-money-while-giving-away-its-pathogen-detecting-breakthroughs/
I would love to help with testing this. I think I'm a pretty good bug writer and I find edge cases often.
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