5. Breathalyzers can help screen for COVID
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/new-thing...7357484453
Having been stopped for the police for suspected DUI, I can assure you that getting stopped is incredibly easy. In my case my breath had no sign of alcohol and all that had befuddled me was a sign (no turn on red) without saying that that did not apply to a blinking red, and a car with its lights off in a lane into which I should have been expected to turn. It turns out that the car with its lights off was a vehicle of the Michigan State Police on DUI patrol. I was concerned that someone might rear-end me and stage an accident. Obviously the State Troopers don't do that.
Michigan had public service ads telling people to "Drive sober or get pulled over". I can say this -- you can drive sober and still be pulled over!"
I did curse drunk drivers and told the Troopers to "bust one for me". It was about 2 AM, which is prime time for drunk driving. I had just left the hospital where I had taken my father for medical treatment.
I expect that people who test positive for COVID-19 will be escorted to medical treatment. Do not pass go and do not collect $200.
Quote:Getting a COVID test typically requires a nasal swab, whether you’re going for a rapid antigen test or the “gold standard” PCR.
But researchers at Ohio State University’s Wexner Medical Center published findings in October that show a breathalyzer test can be used to rapidly check patients for COVID-19 — and it’s highly accurate, they say.
The study was small, tracking 46 patients in the intensive care unit with respiratory failure. Some had COVID and others did not, which was verified with PCR tests. The breathalyzer test, which gave results within seconds, accurately identified who had COVID 88% of the time.
While the researchers say future studies are needed to see whether the breath test is as effective in patients who have less severe infections, they’re hoping to make it more broadly available soon. They have applied to the FDA for emergency use authorization of the breathalyzer test.
“The gold standard for diagnosis of COVID-19 is a PCR test that requires an uncomfortable nasal swab and time in a lab to process the sample and obtain the results,” Matthew Exline, lead researcher and director of critical care at Ohio State Wexner Medical Center University Hospital, said in a statement. “The breathalyzer test used in our study can detect COVID-19 within seconds.”
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/new-thing...7357484453
Having been stopped for the police for suspected DUI, I can assure you that getting stopped is incredibly easy. In my case my breath had no sign of alcohol and all that had befuddled me was a sign (no turn on red) without saying that that did not apply to a blinking red, and a car with its lights off in a lane into which I should have been expected to turn. It turns out that the car with its lights off was a vehicle of the Michigan State Police on DUI patrol. I was concerned that someone might rear-end me and stage an accident. Obviously the State Troopers don't do that.
Michigan had public service ads telling people to "Drive sober or get pulled over". I can say this -- you can drive sober and still be pulled over!"
I did curse drunk drivers and told the Troopers to "bust one for me". It was about 2 AM, which is prime time for drunk driving. I had just left the hospital where I had taken my father for medical treatment.
I expect that people who test positive for COVID-19 will be escorted to medical treatment. Do not pass go and do not collect $200.
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