#COVID19 testing by nasal swab does NOT involve harvesting or sequencing your DNA. Seriously, it doesn't. It's an RT-PCR test that looks for #SARSCoV2 RNA sequences in the cells and mucus collected by nasal swab. This sort of misinformation is harmful. https://twitter.com/naomirwolf/status/1343311942077845505 …
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Similarly, antibody testing for
#COVID19 also does NOT involve harvesting or sequencing your DNA. It involves testing your blood for the presence of antibodies against#SARSCoV2. Again,@naomirwolf should stop spreading misinformation.3 replies 10 retweets 71 likesShow this thread -
David Gorski, MD, PhD Retweeted Marcelo Oliveira
I probably can't, because it isn't, at least most of the time.


https://twitter.com/Capyvara/status/1343622132023103489?s=20 …David Gorski, MD, PhD added,
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Now, there's a reasonable debate to be had about the sharing of
#COVID19 test results, although it's pretty much standard that companies that do medical tests share the results with the physicians who ordered them and select third parties (e.g., insurance companies paying)...1 reply 2 retweets 18 likesShow this thread -
...HOWEVER, it does not contribute to that potentially reasonable debate to misrepresent it as something it is not, and it is NOT about "sharing" your DNA results with third parties.
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Replying to @gorskon
You have amazing stamina. Don’t you just want to slap your hand into your forehand and give up?
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Many times. Many, many times. Sometimes I even do for a while.
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