Omicron & Testing: Your Top 20 Questions Answered (with Michael Mina)
In the Bubble with Andy Slavitt
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What Are the False Positive Rates of Rapid Antigen Tests?
In general, false in the vast majority of time when you're getting what appears to be a false negative on a rapid test. This is because most of those se our positives, answerd o negatives were spent after the infectious period was done. And so many studies make this error where they just compare antigen test to pc r, and then they say, pc ris 30 or forty or 60 % sensitive. Ah, but actually it's because most ofThosese our positives,. answer d o negatives were spend after the infectiousperiod was done. They're no longer infectious. But remember, if any time youre aring a rapid antigen test to a pc r, the vast majority are positive
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