Omicron & Testing: Your Top 20 Questions Answered (with Michael Mina)
In the Bubble with Andy Slavitt
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Is It Possible to Test Positive on a Swab?
The average is less than five days after exposure, most people will start being positive. But it could be as long as ten or 12 days later, depending on how well the immune system is. So it sounds like it's possible people could be infectious and still not yet test positive on the picer s at correct ah. I mean, i would say anything goes especially a, there was just a preprint that came out to day that was looking at saliva versus nasal p crs. And it was doing anor look ing ou few comparisons,. Would detect after, only afterwardsa end in this case.
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