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This new test from Karolinska Institute cannot have false positives, only false negatives. However, the way the test was conducted was indeed incorrect (they ac
by Kiro 7y ago
This new test from Karolinska Institute cannot have false positives, only false negatives. However, the way the test was conducted was indeed incorrect (they accidentally included people who gave blood because they were infected so it was not random). They will conduct a new test so let's see what that says.
- esailija 7y agoThere is no such thing as test without false positives so that's your clue. Especially antibody tests typically have 4% false positive, just a day ago there was news that revealed 4% false positive for a test claimed to have 0.5%.
- Kiro 7y agoMy clue for what? I'm not the one who is saying this, it's Karolinska Institute saying their new antibody test has no false positives: https://www.svt.se/nyheter/inrikes/11-procent-av-stockholmarna-har-antikroppar-mot-covid-19 https://www.svt.se/nyheter/inrikes/11-procent-av-stockholmar...