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What test is used for respiratory symptoms?
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What test is used for respiratory symptoms?
A friend’s adult daughter went to urgent care for respiratory issues the other day. She tested positive for COVID. What test is used? I thought COVID was gone.
She did not take the flu shot this year but took the COVID shot in the past.
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To the best of my knowledge, the PCR test is still being used.
No, Covid is not gone. Viruses don’t disappear, we find ways to control/medicate for the diseases they produce and they mutate to become less/more virulent. CV19 is currently less virulent than earlier forms.
The Covid injection does not prevent Covid or the transmission of it but it apparently does help result in a milder case with fewer hospitalizations.
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This reply was modified 16 hours, 30 minutes ago by Paul Smith.
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This reply was modified 16 hours, 28 minutes ago by Paul Smith.
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Hi @grantmorgan1906 COVID is still reported to be around, although we about it less.
Out of interest, do you know which test urgent care used? It should be on the daughters form. I understand that both rapid antigen tests or a molecular tests are used most often.
Here is a link to the “Guide to Diagnosing and Managing Influenza and Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) Infections in Adults”
In adult patients, COVID-19 (Omicron variant), influenza, and RSV present with similar symptoms and can, therefore, be difficult to distinguish. This guide aims to help diagnose and treat Influenza and Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV).
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