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You mean SARS-CoV2, that's the virus. How would they be able to detect it? Would they even know what they were looking for? Would CoV2 trigger the same tests as
by djsumdog 6y ago
You mean SARS-CoV2, that's the virus. How would they be able to detect it? Would they even know what they were looking for? Would CoV2 trigger the same tests as SARS1 (for non-PCR tests)?
- zachguo 6y agoHospitals are obligated to report to the CDC once they discover pneumonia caused by an unknown virus that can transmit from human to human. SARS or COVID is just a name scientists gave to the sequenced virus.
- objektif 6y agoIf you don't know then you don't have to report. I don't think initially they knew that human to human transmission was possible.
- theli0nheart 6y agoThis is a nit, but SARS and COVID aren't the names of the respective viral agents; they're the names for the diseases that the viruses cause. The virus that causes SARS is called SARS-CoV, and the virus that causes COVID-19 is SARS-CoV-2