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At Home Covid-19 Testing for Pirates – Hello Virology

37 points by nikoftime 6y ago

throwaway888abc 6y ago
Wondering why more similar projects doesn't exists, yet ? Love the shopping list - https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-3OBo0eH2512aYwh1O4uRNhoznlhtOHyqC2SRx1Mx1c/edit#gid=0 https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-3OBo0eH2512aYwh1O4u... Great write up and courage for build
- karmel 6y ago
  Thanks! (Not the poster here but I wrote the blog post.)
  - navanchauhan 6y ago
    This is such an interesting read. Now, if you want to create your own vaccine, you can do that too! Project McAfee[0] (Which has concluded now and all videos have been published on YouTube[1]) aims to teach you how to create your own DIY vaccine based on the paper "DNA vaccine protection against SARS-CoV-2 in rhesus macaques" Edit: Looks like they have also posted their results.[2] [0] https://docs.google.com/document/d/1l8_5vY83bh-fG1G6S6lO7F4NLIW-_FgZsnLZq0mL_Tw/edit?fbclid=IwAR3p4W1SGAQD3G5L5D_0Lg54AvuDkp6bJVHrv9CXgoMASk3He7qwHGUEGZc https://docs.google.com/document/d/1l8_5vY83bh-fG1G6S6lO7F4N... [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDo6S3H8nlk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDo6S3H8nlk [2] https://docs.google.com/document/d/1WTuRBuy74KlaBzLrd0aTZl852nhPNCWL06aB7wY1JKk/view https://docs.google.com/document/d/1WTuRBuy74KlaBzLrd0aTZl85...
    - karmel 6y ago
      This is fantastic! I will check it out, and potentially add it to my list of other fun things can I do with a PCR.
et2o 6y ago
I think a nasal swab would be better than a throat swab if you aren’t willing to do a full nasopharyngeal swab.
redis_mlc 6y ago
> In the age of COVID, we are all worried all the time. No, no we're not. Corona is a contagious disease that most people will contract, and recover from just fine. And in 3-4 years, we'll have another coronavirus pandemic. Now that you wasted $5,000 on a machine, what are you going to do? Test yourself daily? Why?
lewisjoe 6y ago
Given that this virus is here to stay, I would like to live in a world where I can test myself for covid-19 just by spitting on a paper and the paper's color change indicating infection. Doing this everyday, will be the only way for me to start getting back to normal life :(
- karmel 6y ago
  Right? The good news is companies are getting there; the bad news is it will still take some time to get to us. If I were Queen of the World, I would have made more liberal use of the governmental ability to centralize efforts towards testing and PPE production ... last January.

37 points by nikoftime 6y ago

Wondering why more similar projects doesn't exists, yet ? Love the shopping list - https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-3OBo0eH2512aYwh1O4uRNhoznlhtOHyqC2SRx1Mx1c/edit#gid=0 https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-3OBo0eH2512aYwh1O4u... Great write up and courage for build

karmel 6y ago
Thanks! (Not the poster here but I wrote the blog post.)
- navanchauhan 6y ago
  This is such an interesting read. Now, if you want to create your own vaccine, you can do that too! Project McAfee[0] (Which has concluded now and all videos have been published on YouTube[1]) aims to teach you how to create your own DIY vaccine based on the paper "DNA vaccine protection against SARS-CoV-2 in rhesus macaques" Edit: Looks like they have also posted their results.[2] [0] https://docs.google.com/document/d/1l8_5vY83bh-fG1G6S6lO7F4NLIW-_FgZsnLZq0mL_Tw/edit?fbclid=IwAR3p4W1SGAQD3G5L5D_0Lg54AvuDkp6bJVHrv9CXgoMASk3He7qwHGUEGZc https://docs.google.com/document/d/1l8_5vY83bh-fG1G6S6lO7F4N... [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDo6S3H8nlk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDo6S3H8nlk [2] https://docs.google.com/document/d/1WTuRBuy74KlaBzLrd0aTZl852nhPNCWL06aB7wY1JKk/view https://docs.google.com/document/d/1WTuRBuy74KlaBzLrd0aTZl85...
  - karmel 6y ago
    This is fantastic! I will check it out, and potentially add it to my list of other fun things can I do with a PCR.

et2o 6y ago

I think a nasal swab would be better than a throat swab if you aren’t willing to do a full nasopharyngeal swab.

redis_mlc 6y ago

> In the age of COVID, we are all worried all the time. No, no we're not. Corona is a contagious disease that most people will contract, and recover from just fine. And in 3-4 years, we'll have another coronavirus pandemic. Now that you wasted $5,000 on a machine, what are you going to do? Test yourself daily? Why?

lewisjoe 6y ago

Given that this virus is here to stay, I would like to live in a world where I can test myself for covid-19 just by spitting on a paper and the paper's color change indicating infection. Doing this everyday, will be the only way for me to start getting back to normal life :(

karmel 6y ago
Right? The good news is companies are getting there; the bad news is it will still take some time to get to us. If I were Queen of the World, I would have made more liberal use of the governmental ability to centralize efforts towards testing and PPE production ... last January.