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Here is a link that contains some first-hand experience in treating COVID-19
https://www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousd...definition
The link may require you to register.

I am including the following quote because it say a lot about what is really going on and why things are a bit more complex than it first appears. It also explains why the Chinese protocol relied so much on other factors in diagnosis.

"Saggar said the slow turnaround for tests, paired with low sensitivity as documented in Chinese data, makes them less useful.
"There were a lot of false negatives [in China], especially early on in asymptomatic patients," Saggar said. "It gives a false sense of security."
The Chinese realized early on that the sensitivity wasn't good, he said, so they would add on a CT scan to diagnose the disease. But that's not practical because the machines have to be shut down for cleaning after each case."

[Goose]

Here is a link that contains some first-hand experience in treating COVID-19
https://www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousd...definition
The link may require you to register.

I am including the following quote because it say a lot about what is really going on and why things are a bit more complex than it first appears. It also explains why the Chinese protocol relied so much on other factors in diagnosis.

"Saggar said the slow turnaround for tests, paired with low sensitivity as documented in Chinese data, makes them less useful.
"There were a lot of false negatives [in China], especially early on in asymptomatic patients," Saggar said. "It gives a false sense of security."
The Chinese realized early on that the sensitivity wasn't good, he said, so they would add on a CT scan to diagnose the disease. But that's not practical because the machines have to be shut down for cleaning after each case."