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There are different tests out there, many are pretty bad. Some are pretty good, for example Abbott's clears 90% in both specificity and sensitivity. That said,
by entee 6y ago
There are different tests out there, many are pretty bad. Some are pretty good, for example Abbott's clears 90% in both specificity and sensitivity. That said, given a low prevalence of the disease, this is actually fairly likely to give false positives. 93.8% sensitivity suggests the false negative rate should be pretty low with that test.
https://www.360dx.com/immunoassays/study-finds-abbott-coronavirus-serology-test-more-accurate-euroimmun-test#.Xt6qhy2z1MY https://www.360dx.com/immunoassays/study-finds-abbott-corona...
- djsumdog 6y agoNot to mention the PCR tests and the antibody tests got combined into "total cases" in several data sets, mucking the numbers: https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2020/05/cdc-and-states-are-misreporting-covid-19-test-data-pennsylvania-georgia-texas/611935/ https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2020/05/cdc-and-s...