Anecdotal but true:
Spouseanon almost died one week ago from covid pneumonia and acute hypoxemic respiratory failure (this after being treated at home with ivermectin, doxycycline, HCQ, prednisone, budesonide & albuterol, vit C D and zinc).
When spouseanon asked Dr (at one of the infamous Methodist hospitals in TX) if it was “the Delta variant”, Dr replied, “ There is no test for Delta or any other variant.”
Essentially the diagnosis of covid pneumonia came from the lung X-rays showing the distinctive pattern of lung damage they associate with “covid” pneumonia.