Post AadWSSXng3NAbSvFA0 by pixplz@mastodon.social
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 (DIR) Post #AadVV7Ye3p3EQi1TCi by Wolven@ourislandgeorgia.net
       2023-10-10T19:04:51Z
       
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       So I did the thing to get the new updated COVID tests— y'know, the ones reformulated to detect the newer strains?— and the ones they delivered not only aren't new, but are so old as to have had to go through TWO expiration extensions.So that's fucking infuriating.
       
 (DIR) Post #AadVwOojzvglmJYhYu by Wolven@ourislandgeorgia.net
       2023-10-10T19:09:47Z
       
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       @takloufer I don't know that it's been precisely quantified yet, but I do know there's been higher anecdotal reports of false negatives with the older ones. So.
       
 (DIR) Post #AadWSSXng3NAbSvFA0 by pixplz@mastodon.social
       2023-10-10T19:15:34Z
       
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       @Wolven I wasn't aware that reformulated tests were available. Where did you get this info?
       
 (DIR) Post #AadX4MaCI1cR7Q7L9s by NeilaK20@mastodon.social
       2023-10-10T19:22:24Z
       
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       @Wolven Oh my god D:
       
 (DIR) Post #AadZwAkeh6FhyDnLyS by MelodyWainscott@zirk.us
       2023-10-10T19:54:32Z
       
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       @Wolven Have you seen this thread? It explains why the old RAT tests still “work.” They measure the nucleocapsid protein (N), not the spike protein in the virus. N doesn’t change that much. https://mastodon.social/@Wikisteff/111143636834178551
       
 (DIR) Post #Aaf6glEYmFhU8909YG by TammyGentzel@awscommunity.social
       2023-10-11T13:36:12Z
       
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       @Wolven Same