Of course this person doesn’t cite any sources because it’s convenient to spread misinformation and fear. Unfortunately even on HN, misinformation and FUD is prevalent.
I’m going to take a guess and say that they are referring to Curative, a startup who came under fire for having a test that too often reported false negatives most likely because they conducted the tests with mouth swabs instead of nasal ones.
Anecdotally, I went to a Curative site in Los Angeles when I suspected that I had COVID in 2020 and received results from one their free (gov paid for) testing sites, so despite issues with the tests and the company notwithstanding, I got a positive result and it provided a valuable service to me. I wonder why the story “hasn’t been told”? Maybe because there’s not some giant conspiracy.
I’m going to take a guess and say that they are referring to Curative, a startup who came under fire for having a test that too often reported false negatives most likely because they conducted the tests with mouth swabs instead of nasal ones.
Anecdotally, I went to a Curative site in Los Angeles when I suspected that I had COVID in 2020 and received results from one their free (gov paid for) testing sites, so despite issues with the tests and the company notwithstanding, I got a positive result and it provided a valuable service to me. I wonder why the story “hasn’t been told”? Maybe because there’s not some giant conspiracy.
Read about it: https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2021-07-16/fda-revoke...