Same ! I have to do an lft and a pcr before I can go to work . NEVER had a false pcrI have to take a LFT every weekday for work and have done for ages. Never had a false positive
Same ! I have to do an lft and a pcr before I can go to work . NEVER had a false pcrI have to take a LFT every weekday for work and have done for ages. Never had a false positive
The rapid ones are actually 98% accurate. The PCR are 99%. Read that today.I don’t usually get caught up in the conspiracy theories around cheating big red, but I’d love to hear the actual detail here. How do you have that many false positives? Even if each test is individually 90% accurate or so, for that many to each be incorrect, seems almost statistically impossible.
The rapid ones are actually 98% accurate. The PCR are 99%. Read that today.
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I stand corrected, apologies!No they’re not. You’ve read it wrong. Accuracy of a LFT is average @ 72% in infected people & @ 99% if not infected.
They found that in people with confirmed COVID‐19, antigen tests correctly identified COVID‐19 infection in an average of 72% (ranging from 34% to 88%) of people with symptoms, compared with 58% of people without symptoms. In addition, they found that the tests were most accurate when used in the first week after symptoms developed.
In people who did not have COVID‐19, antigen tests correctly ruled out infection in 99.5% of people with COVID-19-like symptoms and 98.9% of people without symptoms.
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How reliable are lateral flow COVID-19 tests?
It is estimated that around one-third of people with COVID-19 do not have symptoms and could be spreading the virus unknowingly. To help tackle this, the government has rolled out rapid lateral flow antigen tests that can detect cases in under 30 minutes, meaning those who have a positive test...pharmaceutical-journal.com
Hello again buddyNo they’re not. You’ve read it wrong. Accuracy of a LFT is average @ 72% in infected people & @ 99% if not infected.
They found that in people with confirmed COVID‐19, antigen tests correctly identified COVID‐19 infection in an average of 72% (ranging from 34% to 88%) of people with symptoms, compared with 58% of people without symptoms. In addition, they found that the tests were most accurate when used in the first week after symptoms developed.
In people who did not have COVID‐19, antigen tests correctly ruled out infection in 99.5% of people with COVID-19-like symptoms and 98.9% of people without symptoms.
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How reliable are lateral flow COVID-19 tests?
It is estimated that around one-third of people with COVID-19 do not have symptoms and could be spreading the virus unknowingly. To help tackle this, the government has rolled out rapid lateral flow antigen tests that can detect cases in under 30 minutes, meaning those who have a positive test...pharmaceutical-journal.com
Done the typical disappearing act and not even a goodbye. He will however come back in the near future and say it was his mate who was visiting him all the way from chelseaHello again buddy
ThisI have to take a LFT every weekday for work and have done for ages. Never had a false positive
So they give false negatives, but are very very unlikely to give a false positive. Even more unlikely to give several.No they’re not. You’ve read it wrong. Accuracy of a LFT is average @ 72% in infected people & @ 99% if not infected.
They found that in people with confirmed COVID‐19, antigen tests correctly identified COVID‐19 infection in an average of 72% (ranging from 34% to 88%) of people with symptoms, compared with 58% of people without symptoms. In addition, they found that the tests were most accurate when used in the first week after symptoms developed.
In people who did not have COVID‐19, antigen tests correctly ruled out infection in 99.5% of people with COVID-19-like symptoms and 98.9% of people without symptoms.
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How reliable are lateral flow COVID-19 tests?
It is estimated that around one-third of people with COVID-19 do not have symptoms and could be spreading the virus unknowingly. To help tackle this, the government has rolled out rapid lateral flow antigen tests that can detect cases in under 30 minutes, meaning those who have a positive test...pharmaceutical-journal.com
So they give false negatives, but are very very unlikely to give a false positive. Even more unlikely to give several.
Basically what you are saying is that they are corrupt cheats
No they’re not. You’ve read it wrong. Accuracy of a LFT is average @ 72% in infected people & @ 99% if not infected.
They found that in people with confirmed COVID‐19, antigen tests correctly identified COVID‐19 infection in an average of 72% (ranging from 34% to 88%) of people with symptoms, compared with 58% of people without symptoms. In addition, they found that the tests were most accurate when used in the first week after symptoms developed.
In people who did not have COVID‐19, antigen tests correctly ruled out infection in 99.5% of people with COVID-19-like symptoms and 98.9% of people without symptoms.
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How reliable are lateral flow COVID-19 tests?
It is estimated that around one-third of people with COVID-19 do not have symptoms and could be spreading the virus unknowingly. To help tackle this, the government has rolled out rapid lateral flow antigen tests that can detect cases in under 30 minutes, meaning those who have a positive test...pharmaceutical-journal.com