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Originally Posted by fastboat
Most Urgent Care locations provide Covid testing and it's a blood test, nothing jammed up your nose. You have to wait 3-4 days for results but it's a walk in, almost no wait whatsoever.
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So, A little more education:
Blood Test= test for antibodies (meaning that you have been exposed to the virus at some point. Fact: nobody knows how long you will have antibodies protecting you against obtaining the virus in the future). The specificity of the test of antibodies is still not high enough for complete accuracy, so you have false negatives and false positives.
Nasal Swab= Only tells you if you have an ACTIVE infection, this means you can shed the virus to others regardless if you are having symptoms or not...
Obtaining "test" of any kind without symptoms doesn't make sense to me. The only time I see relevant is when it is required or helping peace of mind for the inquiring mind. Some nursing homes are requiring test every two weeks to be able enter to see love ones. Some people are driving themselves crazy with wanting to know.
Those who test negative with will eventually enter the grocery store, play community sports and be exposed to other people. Thus, exposure causes the virus. Continue to use precautions and report any symptoms to your family doctor.