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		refurb on April 25, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: A Third Solution True, but that's unavoidable with every test. Even PCR doesn't work until you're body has produced enough viruses to be detected.

philwelch on April 25, 2020 [–]

Yeah, I think there's value in minimizing the period that someone is contagious but still tests negative though.

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