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Shell_Seas

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2. Tldr; the accuracy of the tests depends on viral load, meaning...

Reply to Mystery sage (Reply #1)

Mon Mar 30, 2020, 11:52 PM

Mar 2020

If you are early in the infection or recovering, it may not be detected. So, they don't give a negative at all, instead they say not detected, but that doesn't mean you don't have it.

It took 13 days after my first symptoms to finally get tested, by then I was recovering and fever free. It was too late.

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My Experience Trying to Obtain a Covid-19 Test in Texas [View all] Shell_Seas Mar 2020 OP

Maybe a defective Chinese type? Mystery sage Mar 2020 #1

Tldr; the accuracy of the tests depends on viral load, meaning... Shell_Seas Mar 2020 #2

Was told leighbythesea2 Mar 2020 #3