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Re:Mystery in Wuhan: recovered coronavirus patients test neg... by frabbit on Friday March 27, 2020 @02:02PM (#22705166)
Surely this is not a false-positive, but rather a false-negative?

That is, the patients were observed clinically to have caught and recovered from the virus, yet the test shows no trace of the viral infection.

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Re:Mystery in Wuhan: recovered coronavirus patients test neg... by lostlogin on Friday March 27, 2020 @02:33PM (#22705460)
> Surely this is not a false-positive, but rather a false-negative?

Both are possible and either mess it all up.

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Re:Mystery in Wuhan: recovered coronavirus patients test neg... by unwoundmouse on Friday March 27, 2020 @03:38PM (#22706077)
This is the correct answer
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