re: Question for the PT junta regarding Flu being counted as Covid.

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I mean, I doubt they even tested 1% of folks for an influenza strain.

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Who is they? I'm saying we test everyone for flu. Think about it as if you are running a hospital. COVID patients require isolation. You have finite resources and cannot put everyone in isolation. You actually hope someone is positive for flu so you don't have to use another COVID isolation bed.

This is the test that is most often used:

THE BIOFIRE
RESPIRATORY 2.1 PANEL MENU
Overall 97.1% sensitivity and 99.3% specificity (prospective specimens) 3
SARS-CoV-2 98.4% PPA and 98.9% NPA4
Sample Type: Nasopharyngeal swab in transport media or saline

VIRUSES:

? Adenovirus
? Coronavirus HKU1
? Coronavirus NL63
? Coronavirus 229E
? Coronavirus OC43
? Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)
? Human Metapneumovirus
? Human Rhinovirus/Enterovirus
? Influenza A
? Influenza A/H1
? Influenza A/H3
? Influenza A/H1-2009
? Influenza B
? Parainfluenza Virus 1
? Parainfluenza Virus 2
? Parainfluenza Virus 3
? Parainfluenza Virus 4
? Respiratory Syncytial Virus

BACTERIA:

? Bordetella parapertussis
? Bordetella pertussis
? Chlamydia pneumoniae
? Mycoplasma pneumoniae