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Re:CDC declined to test new coronavirus patient for days, Ca... by DrScump on Friday February 28, 2020 @03:43AM (#22441428) 

  why should a non-invasive diagnostic test require any sort of approval?
Because false negatives are worse than no test at all / unknown.
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Re:CDC declined to test new coronavirus patient for days, Ca... by mlonkibjuyhv on Friday February 28, 2020 @12:16PM (#22444329)
100 false positives for every actual positive is also pretty bad.
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