Re: [DIYbio] DIY COVID-19 PCR test

Would someone post the datasheet(s) of the existing biopharma tests?
There have been various news reports of commercial test failures.

Quote from news a few weeks ago: "It remains unclear whether the CDC's
move on Wednesday will resolve all of the problems around the test.
Some local labs have raised concerns about whether the CDC's test is
fully reliable for detecting COVID-19. In New York, scientists at
both the city's and state's laboratories have seen false positives
even when following the CDC's latest directions, according to a person
familiar with their discussions."

An erroneous test result can probably be shown to be worse than having
no result at all. I am sure diybio will forge ahead independent of
that.


On 3/4/20, AJP <bioajp@gmail.com> wrote:
> tl, dr; if you get a DIY positive result I think that's useful, if it's
> negative then assuming everything else is equal you're in no different
> position to everyone else who hasn't been tested.
>

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