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Hong Kong Doctor Explains Why China's Mixed Testing Method is Not Effective and HK Government's Practice is Impoverished
Source: Apple Daily #Aug8
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#WuhanPneumonia #DeepThroat #NoseSwab
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Hong Kong Doctor Explains Why China's Mixed Testing Method is Not Effective and HK Government's Practice is Impoverished
Source: Apple Daily #Aug8
#MixedTesting
#WuhanPneumonia #DeepThroat #NoseSwab
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Hong Kong Doctor Explains Why China's Mixed Testing Method is Not Effective and HK Government's Practice is Impoverished
There are three main ways to collect specimen for COVID19 tests, including nose swab, deep throat swab, and deep throat saliva sampling.
Regarding a Chinese expert’s criticism of the deep throat saliva sample testing, a public hospital doctor in Hong Kong pointed out that this was because nose swab and deep throat swab were mainly used in China, and mixed testing will require more workload.
Respiratory Medicine specialist in Hong Kong Dr. Leung Chi-chi explained that the common practice in China was to mix 5 samples, and it was less effective. If a patient is highly contagious and carries more virus, then the test result will still be positive. Yet, if the patient is in an early state of infection, or carries less virus, then the result may come back as negative. Mixed sample testing was usually used in large-scale testing instead of clinical diagnosis to avoid an inaccurate result.
In China, medical staff collect specimen for the testing through a throat swab, whereas the Hong Kong government asks Hong Kong citizens to collect specimen themselves. Doctors in Hong Kong criticised that this practice was even more impoverished than China.
Source: Apple Daily #Aug8 #WuhanPneumonia #DeepThroat #NoseSwab
#FailedState #COVID19 #Test
Hong Kong Doctor Explains Why China's Mixed Testing Method is Not Effective and HK Government's Practice is Impoverished
There are three main ways to collect specimen for COVID19 tests, including nose swab, deep throat swab, and deep throat saliva sampling.
Regarding a Chinese expert’s criticism of the deep throat saliva sample testing, a public hospital doctor in Hong Kong pointed out that this was because nose swab and deep throat swab were mainly used in China, and mixed testing will require more workload.
Respiratory Medicine specialist in Hong Kong Dr. Leung Chi-chi explained that the common practice in China was to mix 5 samples, and it was less effective. If a patient is highly contagious and carries more virus, then the test result will still be positive. Yet, if the patient is in an early state of infection, or carries less virus, then the result may come back as negative. Mixed sample testing was usually used in large-scale testing instead of clinical diagnosis to avoid an inaccurate result.
In China, medical staff collect specimen for the testing through a throat swab, whereas the Hong Kong government asks Hong Kong citizens to collect specimen themselves. Doctors in Hong Kong criticised that this practice was even more impoverished than China.
Source: Apple Daily #Aug8 #WuhanPneumonia #DeepThroat #NoseSwab