One Number Could Help Reveal How Infectious A COVID-19 Patient Is. Should Test Results Include It?-Science Magazine

Ever since the coronavirus pandemic began, battles have raged over testing: Which tests should be given, to whom, and how often? Now, epidemiologists and public health experts are opening a new debate. They say testing centers should report not just whether a person is positive, but also a number known as the cycle threshold (CT) value, which indicates how much virus an infected person harbors. Science Magazine, 09/29/2020

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