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The CDC and States Are Misreporting Covid-19 Test Data
- Eppendork 6y agoTo make matters worse, not only are they not distinguishing viral qPCR testing from antibody-based testing, they are most likely using point-of-care lateral flow immunoassays (the ones that look like pregnancy tests), which have a greater false-positive rate. As a quick aside, beware of antibody test results, unless they use a specialized test called ELISA, which is the gold standard for antibody testing, but is more expensive and requires samples to be sent to a laboratory. Even if they did use ELISA, this is very concerning.