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You can test for influenza. In that article I didn't see, "tested positive for influenza". I did see "tested positive for coronavirus". So no, I don't think it
by Pfhreak 7y ago
You can test for influenza. In that article I didn't see, "tested positive for influenza". I did see "tested positive for coronavirus".
So no, I don't think it's statistically more likely that ill patients around a highly contagious disease randomly picked up something else.
- vanniv 7y agoThe influenza test exists, bit it has a very high false negative rate. It is useful in epidemiology, because if you test large populations, you'll get enough positives to learn something -- but you learn virtually nothing from a negative influenza test.