I really should say that the second test is needed to differentiate the strains. The regular test returns positive or negative for either strain. In the event of positive, the sample must be sent for further testing to determine the strain.
At least that is my amateur belief!
Thank you very much. This is exactly what I was looking for, and it makes perfect sense.
Although, I don’t know how it can be 50% more transmissible. That is frightening. Meanwhile, we have that woman in Sutton who wrote a letter to the editor of a local paper and sent it to governor Baker stating that we the people of Sutton no longer want to comply with Bakers regulations ….any of them. Not one signature and she doesn’t represent anyone other than herself. She appears before the Select Board again this week.
Thanks to these folks, I’m starting to believe that Philip is correct about 2022.
SClarke, thank you for your post. Indeed, one needs to do genomic sequencing – which we in the U.S. rarely do – to detect different variants. I’m assuming the UK variant has been here a while, but we’re only noticing it in recent weeks due to more genomic sequencing tests.
Hopeful data from the continent as hospitalizations trend downward – even more than ours. UK continues to trend upwards, however, as does Ireland.
The pace of vaccinations need to rapidly pick up. Also I don’t understand why there are shortages already.
Isn’t Gillette Stadium going to be available to the general public for vaccinations this week? There needs to be many more of these locations around the state.
Joshua and all. I wonder what thoughts are on this. Warning …the headline is a bit misleading. It was 10 or under but all at Sams vaccine point
Vicki, last night you asked:
“Does the regular covid test differentiate between covid and variant or are they doing two tests now?”
Special testing is needed to detect the variant as mentioned in this article about the first such variant detected in Massachusetts:
https://www.wbur.org/commonhealth/2021/01/17/new-covid-variant-massachusetts
I really should say that the second test is needed to differentiate the strains. The regular test returns positive or negative for either strain. In the event of positive, the sample must be sent for further testing to determine the strain.
At least that is my amateur belief!
Thank you very much. This is exactly what I was looking for, and it makes perfect sense.
Although, I don’t know how it can be 50% more transmissible. That is frightening. Meanwhile, we have that woman in Sutton who wrote a letter to the editor of a local paper and sent it to governor Baker stating that we the people of Sutton no longer want to comply with Bakers regulations ….any of them. Not one signature and she doesn’t represent anyone other than herself. She appears before the Select Board again this week.
Thanks to these folks, I’m starting to believe that Philip is correct about 2022.
SClarke, thank you for your post. Indeed, one needs to do genomic sequencing – which we in the U.S. rarely do – to detect different variants. I’m assuming the UK variant has been here a while, but we’re only noticing it in recent weeks due to more genomic sequencing tests.
Hopeful data from the continent as hospitalizations trend downward – even more than ours. UK continues to trend upwards, however, as does Ireland.
The pace of vaccinations need to rapidly pick up. Also I don’t understand why there are shortages already.
Isn’t Gillette Stadium going to be available to the general public for vaccinations this week? There needs to be many more of these locations around the state.
Joshua and all. I wonder what thoughts are on this. Warning …the headline is a bit misleading. It was 10 or under but all at Sams vaccine point
https://boston.cbslocal.com/2021/01/18/moderna-vaccine-california-coronavirus-san-diego-allergic-reactions/?fbclid=IwAR0yIDB42Iuzo-61cibO-eWXuPVPH7jejnNboRzIrKJFWrgnAebnaySMZjM
C-19 for 1-19 is ready.