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- Researchers from Yale think coronavirus PCR tests using saliva might help to predict severe COVID-19 risk.
- They found that patients who developed COVID-19 complications and those who died had much higher viral loads in saliva than those who recovered. Other parameters indicative of severe illness were associated with higher viral loads in saliva as well.
- If the data is accurate, saliva PCR tests might become markers of severe COVID-19 risk and help doctors save more lives.
Two coronavirus vaccines are already available in the US, but supply and logistical issues prevent the drugs from significantly impacting the spread of COVID-19. The virus is still surging in the country, with January having set brand new records for daily cases, hospitalizations, and deaths. The US will continue to suffer for the foreseeable future. Over 38,000 people have died in the first two weeks of the year. According to new CDC data, More than 92,000 more are projected to die in the next three weeks.
While the death rate of COVID-19 is low, the more people get infected, the higher the chances that some will experience life-threatening complications that will require hospitalization. Not everyone will survive the infection, even though doctors are saving more lives than in the early months of the pandemic. But that might change if the findings of a new COVID-19 study turn out to be accurate. Researchers have discovered a correlation between the quantity of virus in saliva and the risk of developing a severe form of the illness.
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