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Posted On: 04/21/2020 7:58:56 PM
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Abbott rapid test blows...as do most of these rapid test kits.
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/202...id-19-test
"All of the tests do miss a number of patients — anywhere from 5 to 30%," says Dr. Alan Wells, a professor of pathology at the University of Pittsburgh. "So this is not unique to ID NOW."
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"We do not use ID NOW to rule out a diagnosis of COVID disease, based on the limits of it not picking up as many patients as other platforms that we have," Wells said. "Our use of ID NOW is put on hold."
Wells also doubts the false-negatives are due to the specimens being diluted by being stored in fluid first.
"It's not due to the dilution," Wells said. "Our evidence is that this is not the sole cause of the lower effectiveness of the ID NOW."
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/202...id-19-test
"All of the tests do miss a number of patients — anywhere from 5 to 30%," says Dr. Alan Wells, a professor of pathology at the University of Pittsburgh. "So this is not unique to ID NOW."
....
"We do not use ID NOW to rule out a diagnosis of COVID disease, based on the limits of it not picking up as many patients as other platforms that we have," Wells said. "Our use of ID NOW is put on hold."
Wells also doubts the false-negatives are due to the specimens being diluted by being stored in fluid first.
"It's not due to the dilution," Wells said. "Our evidence is that this is not the sole cause of the lower effectiveness of the ID NOW."
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