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Originally Posted by oil pan 4
The tests used even 6 weeks ago sucked.
My wife said they would have people who were sick test negative, they would get worse, be sent to Lubbock and then they would test positive.
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Just to clarify for others, the antigen (disease) test is different than the antibody (immunity) test. A person with the antigen doesn't necessarily have antibodies yet, so an antibody test would be negative in that case. Similarly, a person who has recovered from the disease would test negative for it.
Then there's all the uncertainty of the validity of both tests. It's a data point though. Some accuracy is usually better than none at all.