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> turned out to be based on false positives. I believed it was based on false negatives in previous PCR tests? It's also a question of understanding what the
by acqq 7y ago
> turned out to be based on false positives.
I believed it was based on false negatives in previous PCR tests?
It's also a question of understanding what the test actually means. The test doesn't (and can't) claim "this patient is cured" but only "when analyzing this specific sample taken from this patient, no significant trace of virus could be confirmed."
- tinus_hn 7y agoNo, the patients were cured but later portions of the virus were again detected. These portions turned out to be inactive. Of course it is possible to define the test in such a way it is 100% effective. This removes the relation to the Covid-19 disease though so then the test is useless.