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raincomtoday at 2:51 AM0 repliesview on HN

Crux:

"Metagenomics technology uses cutting-edge genomic sequencing, which can identify all bacteria, fungi or parasites present in a sample by comparing them against a database of millions of pathogens.

[if you] do a separate test for each and every one and if you've got an infection with something that's unexpected, rare or not previously known, you won't find it."