At Home Covid-19 Testing for Pirates – Hello Virology

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37 points·nikoftime··7 comments

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...

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.

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.

I think a nasal swab would be better than a throat swab if you aren’t willing to do a full nasopharyngeal swab.

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