What To Know Before Getting A COVID-19 Test
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Julia Austin
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Tests aren’t entirely accurate
No test is 100 percent accurate, and since the COVID-19 test is still so new in the grand scheme of testing, it’s too soon for experts to fully weigh in on its accuracy. That being said, stories have circulated of tests producing false negatives as much as 30 percent of the time. Some patients who were found to be infected received several negative test results.
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