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Re: At Home Covid-19 Testing for Pirates – Hello Virology

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Post by karmel »

throwaway888abc wrote: post #2

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

Thanks! (Not the poster here but I wrote the blog post.)

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Post by redis_mlc »

> 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?

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Post by navanchauhan »

karmel wrote: post #3
throwaway888abc wrote: post #2

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

Thanks! (Not the poster here but I wrote the blog post.)

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-fG1G6S6lO7F4N...

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDo6S3H8nlk

[2] https://docs.google.com/document/d/1WTuRBuy74KlaBzLrd0aTZl85...

Re: At Home Covid-19 Testing for Pirates – Hello Virology

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Post by lewisjoe »

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 :(

Re: At Home Covid-19 Testing for Pirates – Hello Virology

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Post by karmel »

navanchauhan wrote: post #6
karmel wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Thanks! (Not the poster here but I wrote the blog post.)

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/documen…

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.

Re: At Home Covid-19 Testing for Pirates – Hello Virology

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Post by karmel »

lewisjoe wrote: post #7

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 :(

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.
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