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Batch Testing: another secret weapon against COVID-19 that the medical community...

June 13, 2020 by Matthew

In parallel with Marty Romeo’s work a team of www.EndCoronaVirus.org members including Christian DiPaola MD and Cassidy Mentus Ph.D have developed a “batch testing” method to do more testing with less resources.  The testing method was inspired by a World War II protocol used to rapidly identify members of the military with communicable diseases such […]

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The Medical Community is Largely Ignoring a Valuable Weapon in the Fight Against...

June 10, 2020 by Matthew

My good friend is a biochemist in Charleston SC.  He is a Johns Hopkins trained PhD in biochemistry.  Find him at @DrMartyRomeo on Twitter. He has developed a PCR method for detecting COVID that is extremely sensitive and is trying to get it tested in some southern states. His technique is 25-100x more sensitive than […]

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An Update on COVID-19 Antibody Testing

June 3, 2020 by Matthew

I have continued to dig into the COVID-19 antibody testing issue as this will likely remain of concern for the foreseeable future. A few weeks ago I posted about concepts you should consider when getting any test in general and the COVID-19 antibody test in particular. I did not want to get too deep in […]

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Direct to Consumer Testing: the big lab companies want your blood

May 21, 2020 by Matthew

I’ve been sharing posts about COVID19 testing recently. Many advocate testing as a big part of the the solution to eradicate the virus. I am in favor of testing. Specifically I am in favor of high sensitivity ddPCR testing which is not yet widely available. I will post more on this in the near future. […]

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Home testing

May 19, 2020 by Matthew

Yesterday I put out a post on antibody testing. Last night I got an email from a biotech company trying to sell me home COVID19 testing and IgM / IgG antibody testing. The email brought me to a form that asked lots of specific information, a lead generator form. They were fishing for people who […]

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COVID-19 Antibody Test: should you get tested?

May 18, 2020 by Matthew

If you have been listening to the news or reading the internet lately you have probably heard more about “testing” than you ever thought you would. Many people think that testing for COVID-19 is one of the most important pillars of any program that will ultimately solve this problem. Before we jump in too deeply […]

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Filed Under: COVID19, Testing Tagged With: antibody testing, COVID19

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