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Is this groundhog day?
'Experts' were wrong on rapid tests all along, first ignoring them, then rejecting them, and only accepting them with #omicron.
Now some reject throat swabbing because it is not how tests were approved by @GovCanHealth
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theglobeandmail.com/canada/article…
'Experts' were wrong on rapid tests all along, first ignoring them, then rejecting them, and only accepting them with #omicron.
Now some reject throat swabbing because it is not how tests were approved by @GovCanHealth
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theglobeandmail.com/canada/article…
Regulatory approval logic commands us to not use the BTNX test shown in the image 👆 because it is not approved for self-testing, nor for asymptomatic testing, as of today. 👇
Yet it is widely distributed and used for self-testing 🤔
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Yet it is widely distributed and used for self-testing 🤔
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2 years into the pandemic, brainless omicron is again exposing our failure to operate based on intelligence - in the military sense - and make quick decisions based on incomplete information.
By requiring certainty, maybe the only certainty is that it will be too late.
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By requiring certainty, maybe the only certainty is that it will be too late.
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●オミクロン株感染者は過去の株とは違った方法で感染者を重症化させる
→新聞記事ですが、興味深い内容なので取り上げます。
日本中のオミクロン株感染者がどうなっているのかは分かりませんが、現時点では肺炎例がほぼいない事はすでに実感として感じ始めています。
→新聞記事ですが、興味深い内容なので取り上げます。
日本中のオミクロン株感染者がどうなっているのかは分かりませんが、現時点では肺炎例がほぼいない事はすでに実感として感じ始めています。
まだ経験症例が少ない上に、患者の年齢層が若くて高齢者がほとんどいないのでなんとも言えませんが・・・
下記はNY市の救急救命医のツイート等を取り上げたものです。
下記はNY市の救急救命医のツイート等を取り上げたものです。
・典型的な肺炎症例の割合は少ない。
・しかし基礎疾患を悪化させたりするなど異なった方法で感染者を重症化させる。
・重症度はワクチン接種状況で異なる。booster接種者は全例軽症で咽頭痛が主体。
・ウイルスは鼻腔ではなく、喉に多く存在している可能性がある。
・しかし基礎疾患を悪化させたりするなど異なった方法で感染者を重症化させる。
・重症度はワクチン接種状況で異なる。booster接種者は全例軽症で咽頭痛が主体。
・ウイルスは鼻腔ではなく、喉に多く存在している可能性がある。
Why you should #SwabYourThroat…. Negative via nose… Positive via the throat. #Omicron is very different from all other variants. We need to adapt to changing testing strategies.
P.s. This story made my day! 👇
P.s. This story made my day! 👇
2) here was my tweet 🧵 yesterday morning that led @tweetmommybop to try out the throat swab rapid test after her husband has negative nasal results. RAT tests of Omicron are being compared using nasal tests vs Delta. I think they need to do throat swabs too with #Omicron
3) The throat swab positive while nasal swab negative testing story is becoming quite common. Here is another person with 3 negative nasal tests but got an immediate positive when she switched to a throat swab. 👇 #Omicron is different - we must adapt.
