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   Laura Helmuth (laurahelmuth@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 19-Dec-2023 23:05:23 JST Laura Helmuth

   So the darkness or faintness of a home COVID test line does correlate with viral load, and taking a few tests in a row can show whether somebody's getting better or sicker https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/do-fainter-lines-on-home-covid-tests-mean-youre-getting-better/

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     clacke (clacke@libranet.de)'s status on Wednesday, 20-Dec-2023 20:26:28 JST clacke

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     @laurahelmuth Betteridge's Law of Headlines: Subverted!

     This is exactly how I've been interpreting the tests. Positive means positive, but it's nice to see the progress toward the light at the end of the tunnel.

     (I've had it twice and isolated until I was clean)