jaymann Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 11 minutes ago, John Wright said: You got a link that confirms that? I read a post on this very forum by the good Dr which told me that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quilp Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 12 minutes ago, John Wright said: You got a link that confirms that? This might shed some light on it. It was posted some time ago with regards to the turnaround time on testing without Dr. Glover's test... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wrighty Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 1 hour ago, Banker said: We did the 7 days testing as worth risk for extra 7 days out. The 10 days testing is probably not worth the risk for 4 days given you now have 1 hours exercise outside per day and definitely not if you have to pay!! I may have missed something here, but I understood that the 10 day rule was just that - if it gets brought in. I didn’t think testing came into it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheTeapot Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 2 minutes ago, jaymann said: I read a post on this very forum by the good Dr which told me that. I don't think thats what she said. But i may be wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quilp Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 (edited) 1 minute ago, quilp said: This might shed some light on it. It was posted some time ago with regards to the turnaround time on testing without Dr. Glover's test... . Edited December 17, 2020 by quilp Double post, for good measure... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Wright Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 3 minutes ago, wrighty said: I may have missed something here, but I understood that the 10 day rule was just that - if it gets brought in. I didn’t think testing came into it. The leak via Gef was testing on day 1 and 10 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Banker Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 7 minutes ago, John Wright said: The leak via Gef was testing on day 1 and 10 Howie also said when asked last week re UK change to 10 days quarantine that this would be considered in New Year along with enhanced testing so who knows? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaymann Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 (edited) 13 minutes ago, quilp said: This might shed some light on it. It was posted some time ago with regards to the turnaround time on testing without Dr. Glover's test... Aha! I took the response as acknowledgement of the higher rate of false readings. Edited December 17, 2020 by jaymann Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Wright Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 12 minutes ago, quilp said: This might shed some light on it. It was posted some time ago with regards to the turnaround time on testing without Dr. Glover's test... It’s the same test. Whether DHSC can maintain turnaround times and accuracy is speculation. It’s not her test. It’s a PCR test, on a machine owned by the DHSC. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaymann Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 1 minute ago, John Wright said: It’s the same test. Whether DHSC can maintain turnaround times and accuracy is speculation. It’s not her test. It’s a PCR test, on a machine owned by the DHSC. My understanding here could be completely wrong. But did Dr Glover not provide some of her own equipment from her lab to make the setup work along with the reagents? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quilp Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 The turnaround time previously, according to Dr. G, was <6hours. Are we back to the longer period now? Also, there is a 48-72 hour defrost with the vaccine so that will add time to the roll-out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheTeapot Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 (edited) My understanding was that Dr Glover had designed a way of testing that meant that as well as the standard PCR test for Sars-Cov-2 it was also testing for something human as well, meaning the chances of getting false result were lower as it guaranteed that the swab taken was taken properly. So that little extra step of testing for human dna is not normally done, at least I think that's right. Should probably check with her really. I would assume that the lab staff are carrying on with the same testing process, seeing as they have been trained to do so and it works. Edited December 17, 2020 by TheTeapot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quilp Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 4 minutes ago, TheTeapot said: My understanding was that Dr Glover had designed a way of testing that meant that as well as the standard PCR test for Sars-Cov-2 it was also testing for something human as well, meaning the chances of getting false result were lower as it guaranteed that the swab taken was taken properly. So that little extra step of testing for human dna is not normally done, at least I think that's right. Should probably check with her really. I would assume that the lab staff are carrying on with the same testing process, seeing as they have been trained to do so and it works. Here's what Dr. G has posted about the testing methods previously used... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheTeapot Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 Yeah its that human swabbing bit that isn't typically carried out. I think she explained it on her blog. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quilp Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 9 minutes ago, TheTeapot said: Yeah its that human swabbing bit that isn't typically carried out. I think she explained it on her blog. Have you a link to her blog? If it's on twitter I'm stumped, banned for posting, "all the priests should be hanged with the entrails of all the lawyers." Some Californian religious nutjob was offended by that remark... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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