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It does not imply that. It would be effectively impossible for that to happen. PCR testing is a crude form of genetic test. Influenza viruses and coronaviruses
by torstenvl 5y ago
It does not imply that. It would be effectively impossible for that to happen. PCR testing is a crude form of genetic test. Influenza viruses and coronaviruses are not closely related. It's more likely that a genetic test would confuse influenza for ebola (another negative sense single strand RNA virus) than for a coronavirus infection.