More reporting on
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/covid-tests-may-be-picking-up-traces-of-dead-virus/ar-BB18JutX
Tuesday, September 08, 2020
False positives?
A study yet to be formally published and which is gaining media attention is posing an interesting question. Could it be that the PCR test currently in use to detect COVID-19 is picking up dead virus particles? This would result in patients being labelled positive when in fact they have recovered. It would explain observed instances when persons who have recovered clinically from the virus continue being flagged as still having it. Another issue that is raised by the yet to be peer-reviewed study is whether COVID-19 test results should continue being issued as simple positive or negative rather than using a cut-off point to determine active infection.
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