Why Don't We Have Better and Faster COVID-19 Tests? | SciShow News

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The next wave of COVID tests take advantage of some really cool molecular biology. They can be run by hospitals and doctors on-site, and many turn around results in an hour or less!

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I like that you start with the date of recording. Little things like this really help keep the narrative straight.

verdatum
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Medical techs do most of the testing, not doctors. Don't forget about these important people!

mr.urbanism
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I would like to clarify that doctors are not performing these tests, Medical Lab Scientists are. This week was ‘Lab Week’, the week when we (laboratories) celebrate ourselves. It’s a great week to put out a video like this. We are a pretty invisible group, but I want the public to know that they have more people caring for them than they think.

wicaroo
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Being a biomedical researcher, I'm proud of the scientific community for working so hard to compat SARS-CoV-2. First diagnostic tests were developed and distributed within weeks of the pandemic, antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 have already been established and over 80 scientific institutions are currently working on a vaccine (I made a video about COVID-19 research a while ago). All these progresses really might have saved numerous lives!

Sciencerely
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I'm a cloud architect ("server herder") at a company that makes DNA testing equipment. Many thanks to the SciSHow team for helping the public understand a little bit more about what we do for a living.

WilliamDye-willdye
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Point 1: LAMP
Moth:
Moths brain: ...don’t do it...
MOTH: *LAMP*

MiddleClassKidd
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Idk why the title made me think of some sort of homemade diy tests...

angrybees
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I used to work in cytogenetics and did a lot of PCR, so hearing about LAMP here is really cool. I always love seeing new techniques being reported on for the general public, and this is the best possible introduction I can think of for it.

crystalcoolidge
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Me during video: Ah yes I see
Me after video: Sh-t I remember nothing

amurizon
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Oxford University is working on a DIY home test kit for COVID-19 using LAMP.
Loop-mediated isothermal amplification was developed 20 years ago in Japan.

BritishBeachcomber
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Thank you so much for continuing to do eps as the pandemic evolves, on all aspects of the disease and problems surrounding it. We all so soooo need facts rn - digging science out of even well written, well intentioned other media can be quite the panning-for-gold process. Thanks so much for being in you office, in front of your green screen; thank you writers and editors and graphic artists for being in front of your computers, too :) There's some strange small sense of comraderie in my brain going 'I'm editing audio nearby SciShow people tapping out scripts and editing video - whee, working from home!' I'll not-see y'all for for the 8pm howl :D

ivytarablair
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You are the best, we (all people around the globe) are thankfull to you for what you are doing. You people are a ture channel for true information. Best feelings from Turkey, keep going.

sevimsizpickurusu
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does anyone else notice the blue paper slowly bending at the top corner throughout the video?

salty_sausage
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Short answer: because epidemiology is HARD.

MGProductions
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I live in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. The results here are faster than average even with the queue due to the number of labs per capita. We’ve also done better than average with infection and death rates. An interesting correlation.

JackClayton
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I really hope I never have to take a COVID-19 test.
I haven't studied :(

Master_Therion
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Let me summarize:
Step 1: become rich.
Step 2: get *anything* in an hour or less.

wshtb
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7:30
You forgot the most important aspect of antibody testing; since covid has an incredibly high rate of asymptomatic infection, it may be the only way to get a realistic number of infected.
Also, those with antibodies are (mostly) immune (probably) for some time

Ryukachoo
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Thank you for all you do, especially during this time

jaymst
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Pretty small? Try green pea in parking lot in Polynesia observed from Arctic Eskimo Camp

ChiDraconis