Omicron has the same spike protein deletion as Alpha. This deletion causes a strong ‘SGTF’ signal in certain PCR tests. Back when we were most concerned about Alpha, the company Helix made a page that showed what percentage of their PCR’s had SGTF by date & state. Only enough data to use for CA, TX, and FL, but much more up-to-date than sequencing data.
The page seems to be deleted for now, but here is a link the company’s Twitter. I expect at some point they’ll announce they’re doing the same thing again. https://twitter.com/my_helix
Omicron has the same spike protein deletion as Alpha. This deletion causes a strong ‘SGTF’ signal in certain PCR tests. Back when we were most concerned about Alpha, the company Helix made a page that showed what percentage of their PCR’s had SGTF by date & state. Only enough data to use for CA, TX, and FL, but much more up-to-date than sequencing data.
The page seems to be deleted for now, but here is a link the company’s Twitter. I expect at some point they’ll announce they’re doing the same thing again. https://twitter.com/my_helix
Retracted: Helix changed their PCR tests. The new ones won’t have an SGTF signal for this variant.