Hi, i have been sick for a month and have started to question whether I may have covid even though the rat and pcr tests I had came back negative.
Are the new variants detectable by current PCR methods yet?
Thanks all
Hi, i have been sick for a month and have started to question whether I may have covid even though the rat and pcr tests I had came back negative.
Are the new variants detectable by current PCR methods yet?
Thanks all
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