A flurry of false information spurred from a recent Tweet by the CDC about PCR test samples and genomic sequencing.<\/p>\n
COLUMBUS, Ohio You've heard a lot of talk about genomic sequencing: It's the process used in labs to detect variants of COVID-19 from PCR test samples.<\/p>\n
Some social media users falsely claim it's also used to collect samples of your DNA.<\/p>\n
Lindsey Mills takes the claim to the experts to verify why thats not true.<\/p>\n
The CDC is using PCR COVID test samples to collect your DNA.<\/p>\n
Heres what we found:<\/p>\n
This is the Tweet from the CDC that sparked a flurry of false information in a thread.<\/p>\n
It says: \"Remember that #COVID19 nose swab test you took? What happened to the swab? If it was processed with a PCR test, there's a 10% chance that it ended up in a lab for genomic sequencing analysis.\"<\/p>\n
Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene retweeted it and wrote: \"Did the @CDCgov get permission from people to take their DNA???\" And there are replies like this: Do you have signed consent forms for every single DNA sample?\"<\/p>\n
One day after the original Tweet -- the CDC followed up with another to clarify.It says in part the \"CDC and our partners conduct genomic sequencing analysis of the VIRUS that causes COVID-19.\"<\/p>\n
\"Our cells contain DNA, not RNA, you could do genetic sequencing on DNA or RNA but in the context of genetic sequencing, on a COVID test, it's genetic sequencing only for RNA of the virus, and not the person's DNA, explained Dr. Gastaldo.<\/p>\n
We can verify: the claim that the CDC is collecting your DNA from PCR COVID test samples is false.<\/p>\n
\"This is an RNA virus, not the DNA virus. And that's what a PCR test does, it detects a piece of the RNA,\" Dr. Gastaldo said.<\/p>\n
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