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He talks about instant antigen tests, not PCR. He is waiting for results of PCR test right now.
by chokolad 6y ago
He talks about instant antigen tests, not PCR. He is waiting for results of PCR test right now.
- feralimal 6y agoFair point, but he does mention PCR in a later tweet: https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1327305722384719872 https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1327305722384719872
- rurban 6y agoThat's the current and best procedure now. First you get tested with the cheap (8€) and fast (15min) antigen tests with a very low false negative rate. This also tests if you are infective. For confirmation if it's actually sars-cov2 and not some other cov, when you are positive you then get an expensive PCR test with an extremely low 0.1% false positive rate. The normal rate is 1%, but every probe is tested twice, ie in parallel.