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Wow, a tuberculosis test makes the TIME Best Inventions list! time.com/collection/b...

Bei unserem nächsten Treffen geht es wieder um Pluslife. Das Gerät entwickelt sich weiter - und möchte getestet werden! Dazu erwarten wir noch einen besonderen Gast vom Berlin Buyers Club. Wir freuen uns auf alle, die mit dabei sein möchten! :)

Beautifully done and important trial. An effective mTb test that utilizes tongue swab specimens will be absolutely transformative for Tb diagnosis especially is resource limited settings. Definitely practice modifying. www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....

Looks like another Covid/Flu molecular test for home use just got approved in the U.S.! www.medicaldevice-network.com/news/fda-cle... I haven't looked at the details yet, but it's good news that companies still invest in this market after Lucira/Cue/3EO went bust.

Nächsten Sonntag gibt es wieder die Möglichkeit, beim quantitativen Fit Testing am Portacount eure Masken zu testen! Dazu gibt's lockeren Austausch bei mitgebrachtem Essen. Wir freuen uns auf euch :)

Pulmonary Tuberculosis Detection with MiniDock MTB Using Swab Samples @nejm.org www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....

Gibt es in Berlin liebe Menschen, die sich gerne zum gemeinsamen covid conscious Basteln treffen würden? Alle bringen ihre eigenen Projekte mit, aber man sitzt zusammen und kann sich unterhalten. Oder hat jemand Lust, das gemeinsam anzugehen? Bedingung: Muss mit Masken und Luftfilter stattfinden.

@statbel-en.bsky.social released daily death data for Belgium up to end 2025 Belgium saw quite some excess (5%) vs. expected from pre-pandemic trends, essentially due to a severe Flu season (Jan-Feb) There was also probably excess from covid (Sep-Oct) and none from heat More details⤵️

None of these traits are in any way specific to autism, the article has zero relevant sources, and framing negative medical outcomes - something to be afraid of - as "autism-related" risks pathologizing actual autism. Please reconsider whether this article is appropriate.

The CMI has released its analysis of 2025 mortality in England & Wales. Death rates for 2025 were nearly 2% lower than 2024, the previous record low. Death rates improved (i.e. fell) for both sexes and in all age groups between 2024 and 2025.

CCC @ #39C3: Noch jemand aus der Covid-cautious community 😷 da? Bislang weiß ich von 5 🤩

This paper does not offer compelling evidence supporting prolonged immune dysregulation following COVID-19, and this type of study design is not informative regarding whether or not such a thing exists. At best, this is hypothesis-generating; however, the existing evidence base is not supportive.

I'm seeing a lot of discussion of this study, and so far everything I have seen goes well beyond what the data of this study allow us to conclude. Let's look at this together. A thread 🧵

Turbokrebs hier, Myokarditis da, aber 18-59 Jährige, die gegen COVID geimpft wurden, hatten in einem Beobachtungszeitraum von 4 Jahren eine 20% Reduktion der Gesamtmortalität. Das sind die Ergebnisse einer französischen Kohortenstudie. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Please support my small covid cautious business! Right now we are doing a sale for 15% off for the next week :) Please spread the word -- things have been slow lately :/ shop.pomegranatemedical.com What we stock: 3M Auras, Readimasks, Pluslife cables, Pluslife swabs (not eligible for discount)

PSA: @virussucks.com is completely unrelated to the virus.sucks project. It's a very small community, why would you pick the name of an established, well-known account? It's rude, confusing and a potential trademark violation.

Um die aktuellen Corona-Infektionen in Perspektive zu setzen, zeigt das COVID-Info.de-Dashboard nun auch die im GrippeWeb gemeldete Inzidenz aller Atemwegserkrankungen an (inkl. Covid). Quelle: covid-info.de/aktuelle-cor...

Evaluation of the RHAM-based Pluslife Rapid SARS-CoV-2 assay and comparison with EasyNAT Rapid SARS-CoV-2 assay and Wondfo 2019-nCoV antigen assay A study that compared Pluslife to RT-qPCR, another similar test, and a RAT published by the American Society for […] [Original post on mas.to]

Eine neue Studie bestätigt, dass #Pluslife-Tests sehr sensitiv #Corona erkennen: ➡️ journals.asm.org/doi/pdf/10.1...

you know how in movies or tv shows they show how good a spy is by how fast they can take apart and reassemble a gun like wow look how fluid and skilled, they must do that a lot that's me these days except with setting up and breaking down my Pluslife test kit

#Pluslife verhindert Infektionen: Dank des Geräts haben wir #SarsCoV2-Infektion meiner Frau vor Einsetzen der Symptome festgestellt & Ansteckung in der Familie verhindert. Mich als Selbstständigen hat einzige Infektion hohen vierstelligen Betrag gekostet. Pluslife gibt es für ca. 200. Gutes Invest!

2/ The accuracy of these molecular tests have saved our family from more than a couple of weeks of needless self-isolation of a family member - because we always self-isolate if we have symptoms of illness, & only rely on positive (rather than negative) results from rapid antigen tests.

The unofficial Pluslife Analyzer can now be installed as an app and works without internet (...except on iOS... any iOS developers here who would like to help build a native wrapper for it?)

Dank Pluslife ist es uns nun schon zum dritten Mal gelungen, asymptomatische Infektionen bei Freunden oder Famlienmitgliedern (😥) aufzudecken und so die Infektionskette zu durchbrechen 💪 Es funktioniert!

An update about PlusLife orders from NZ to Aus: once you have the permit, Ngaio supply the manufacturers paperwork. My recent order arrived successfully this week with no dramas.

Pluslife regularly checks their target gene sequences for alignment with new variants. They updated their guidance a few days ago and they confirmed that it works for current variants (including LP.8.1): virus.sucks/pluslife_en/...

Positive Strep A test results

Yet another post recommending PlusLife. A kid got a fever this morning (38.5C). Within an hour, we were able to establish that it's -ve for COVID, -ve for Strep A. In a few minutes will know, whether it's Flu or RSV (I don't know what channels 1+7 are for). Saves a lot of time.

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Confirmed with Altruan rep this AM. FDA blocking them from selling us PlusLife tests now in USA and Canada. 🤬

Good news for the U.S. folks: Metrix just got FDA EUA approval for their COVID/Flu multiplex test. Just in time to replace the Lucira combination tests! Metrix is now the only molecular OTC test sold in the U.S.