Thursday, April 02, 2020

Medical experts are reportedly worried that many people testing negative for the coronavirus are actually infected and don't realize it

https://news.yahoo.com/medical-experts-reportedly-worried-close-185346243.html

Graham Rapier
,Business Insider•April 2, 2020

With many tests for the novel coronavirus being developed at a caffeinated pace, some medical experts are warning that they could have wildly different accuracy rates.

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In some cases, in Texas and New York, patients tested negative but later came back to the hospital with covid-like symptoms and eventually tested positive. One doctor, Mike Lozano of Envision Healthcare, estimates that nearly one-third of tested patients might walk away with a false negative result, he told the paper.

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