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		jmpman on July 10, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Finding SARS-CoV-2 carriers by optimizing pooled t... Do they stick the same q-tip up everyone’s nose?

bhickey on July 10, 2020 [–]

That would be a very effective way to achieve herd immunity quickly. Typically the swab is stored in a liquid viral transport medium. You perform a RNA extraction on this liquid, pool the product and run RT-PCR on it.

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