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Topic	Elon Musk says he tested both positive and negative for COVID-19
monkmith 11/14/20 12:46:30 PM #39:	AlCalavicci posted... How effective is the PCR test, and how long does it take to get results after taking? the early ones were crap because the CDC sent out contaminated controls. right now though the PCR test has something like a 98% accuracy. its false positive rate is functionally 0, its inaccuracy comes from false negatives. the problem is that PCR tests in the US have a turnaround time of something like 3 to 5 days. which means that by the time you've gotten your results you've likely started showing symptoms and have blown past the asymptomatic infectious stage. --- Taarsidath-an halsaam. Quando il gioco e finito, il re e il pedone vanno nella stessa scatola <cite>monkmith posted [p:947160008] in Elon Musk ... [t:79108785]...</cite> <quote>AlCalavicci posted... </cite> <quote>How effective is the PCR test, and how long does it take to get results after taking?</quote>the early ones were crap because the CDC sent out contaminated controls. right now though the PCR test has something like a 98% accuracy. its false positive rate is functionally 0, its inaccuracy comes from false negatives. the problem is that PCR tests in the US have a turnaround time of something like 3 to 5 days. which means that by the time you've gotten your results you've likely started showing symptoms and have blown past the asymptomatic infectious stage. --- Taarsidath-an halsaam. Quando il gioco e finito, il re e il pedone vanno nella stessa scatola</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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