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Re:New Abbott SARS-CoV-2 antibody test has 99.90% specificit... by arcticbull on Monday May 11, 2020 @07:57PM (#23148916)
> ...but coronaviruses make up ~40% of what we know as the common cold.

Up to 20%, and I've seen numbers as low as 15% [1].

[1] https://www.webmd.com/cold-and-flu/cold-guide/common_cold_ca...

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