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Re:New Abbott SARS-CoV-2 antibody test has 99.90% specificit... by postingawayonhn on Tuesday May 12, 2020 @02:09AM (#23151001)
> Don't forget to factor this breaking through to long term care facilities.

If they're not taking any precautions (because there's no knowledge of the virus in the community) then it can spread to those types of facilities very easily. In New Zealand where only 1,500 people have have COVID-19 (likely to be very accurate, 200,000 tests have been conducted) there's already been two outbreaks in nursing homes.

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Re:New Abbott SARS-CoV-2 antibody test has 99.90% specificit... by taeric on Tuesday May 12, 2020 @09:22AM (#23153677)
Certainly. I am not implying that we should just let it run its course. Just as I would not let any disease we have a vaccine for loose in a nursing home without the vaccine.

I just think the total IFR actually undersells how dangerous this is.

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