I’ve just had the first cold go through my house since I built my home microbiology lab. qPCR test results are in and it’s definitely Rhinovirus (green line at cycle 25, earlier green line is external control “B2M”). This is a big day for my long-time dream of home virus testing!

I’m sure most of you are thinking “who cares, it’s not COVID so it’s a cold - what difference does it make if it’s Rhinovirus or Parainfluenzavirus or whatever?”. That’s true, I’m just geeking out on something totally impractical (as the first computer hobbyists did).