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by squnch 2232 days ago
They could be testing this on five year old samples.
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From the article:

> Specificity samples were derived from de-identified excess serum specimens sent to our clinical virology laboratory in 2018 and 2019.

So...not five years ago, and it is even possible that a significant number were from late 2019.