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    Testing For Coronavirus, RSV, Influenza, & Future Pandemics (w/Dr. David Persing)

    • calendar_today October 10th, 2021

    Cepheid’s chief medical and technology officer returns to talk PCR testing for COVID, flu, RSV, and future variants & viruses not yet discovered.

     
     
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    0:00 Intro
    1:27 What happened to flu (influenza) last year (viral exclusion, innate immune response)
    3:20 Nasal vaccines and innate immunity
    5:10 How SARS-CoV2 evolves to replicate more efficiently
    8:33 Do variants evade PCR testing? Experience with H1N1 flu
    12:09 False positives and PCR
    14:22 How deep do you need to swab?
    15:09 PCR vs. Antigen testing
    18:41 Four-In-1 PCR testing: flu component, will flu be back?
    20:23 RSV update in kids and adults
    23:53 The “FluVid” COVID/Flu A + B/RSV 4-in-1 test
    26:21 Future proofing testing for new pandemics
    29:33 Will SARS-CoV2 become endemic, and how?
    32:25 The role of vaccination, breakthroughs, transmission
    34:01 Natural infection and vaccination, how long does it last, boosters
     

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