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brooklynite

(94,785 posts) Fri May 22, 2020, 07:59 PM May 2020

I had a Covid test today....

...throat has been sore for 2-3 weeks. No other symptoms. Was more of a conformation that I’m not infected (more likely to be allergies). Will know the details next week. FYI this was a throat swab,not nasal.

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I had a Covid test today.... (Original Post) brooklynite May 2020 OP

K and R dewsgirl May 2020 #1

I had a blood draw today for testing for Antibodies for Coronavirus... Pachamama May 2020 #2

Whatever the results are, ask pointedly what are the false negatives and false PoindexterOglethorpe May 2020 #3

dewsgirl

(14,961 posts)

1. K and R

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Fri May 22, 2020, 08:02 PM

May 2020

Pachamama

(16,887 posts)

2. I had a blood draw today for testing for Antibodies for Coronavirus...

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Fri May 22, 2020, 08:41 PM

May 2020

Won’t know either till next week...

I’m curious - do you know what kind of COVID test they did? Here locally they are doing curbside swabbing for COVID and it’s the Abbott Rapid test that is reported to have many false negatives.

Let’s keep each other posted...

I hope you are ok Brooklynite....

PoindexterOglethorpe

(25,908 posts)

3. Whatever the results are, ask pointedly what are the false negatives and false

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Fri May 22, 2020, 10:00 PM

May 2020

positives for the specific test you've taken.

Some of those numbers have been high enough as to make the tests almost meaningless, although I hope they've gotten better recently.

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