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by masonic 2294 days ago
Unfortunately, a no-test is preferable to a false negative.

Even with known good kits, we are getting negative and positive results from the same patient, most often throat- negative and anal-positive.

When a carrier receives a false negative, behavior changes toward risk.

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Maybe in ebola but not flu. And this is more like flu. Eventually almost everyone will get it. Possibly more than once.