Comment on Positive Covid-19 antigen tests with Norwegian blood samples from 2019parentComments−dotancohen4y98/6520 is about 1.5 percent. What is the false-positive rate for the antigen tests? Have the affected blood samples been verified by PCR testing?−rsfern4yIt’s most likely too late for PCR confirmation with these samples, there would need to be actual viral proteins in the blood sample, so an active or very recent infection at the time of the blood draw−martini3334yNo idea. But 98/6520 is more than 2 out of millions.−egberts14yand a lot closer to 1 out of 650.
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98/6520 is about 1.5 percent. What is the false-positive rate for the antigen tests? Have the affected blood samples been verified by PCR testing?
It’s most likely too late for PCR confirmation with these samples, there would need to be actual viral proteins in the blood sample, so an active or very recent infection at the time of the blood draw
No idea. But 98/6520 is more than 2 out of millions.
and a lot closer to 1 out of 650.