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Re:U.S. Navy test shows 60 percent of carrier crew have coro... by latchkey on Monday June 08, 2020 @04:48PM (#23460602)
Not everyone showed up for testing. Let's also not forget that the antibody tests are proving to be less than accurate. A high number of false negatives.
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Re:U.S. Navy test shows 60 percent of carrier crew have coro... by baxtr on Monday June 08, 2020 @04:52PM (#23460649)
As far as I remember that's the case with PCR, but not with the AB tests. They rather show a high number of false positives...
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Re:U.S. Navy test shows 60 percent of carrier crew have coro... by latchkey on Monday June 08, 2020 @06:51PM (#23461665)
I am fully aware that this is non-scientific, but I'm in a covid 'survivors' group of ~52k people on FB.

What I'm seeing there is very few people saying they tested positive for AB and a whole lot more who say they know they had it and tested negative.

Truth is, we just don't know either way. =(

Update: This was a good post from the covid group, sounds like people also just don't develop enough antibodies to show up on tests... https://medium.com/@mrina.nair/my-familys-covid-experience-2...

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Re:U.S. Navy test shows 60 percent of carrier crew have coro... by baxtr on Tuesday June 09, 2020 @02:24AM (#23464242)
That’s really weird. But it fits the pattern my friend observed. Tested PCR positive with mild symptoms but negative for ABs...
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