Wuhan Corona Virus Coming Soon? (Now Here)

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I don't know about COVID-19 but a few years ago my wife got the influenza test at urgent care that came back negative and we later went to the ER and they said "Meh, it's not that accurate" and tested her again. I got the impression that the flu test was an easy way for them to make a few hundred dollars in less than 5 minutes. When I read about the tests online all the articles were pretty much like this one:

"Rapid Influenza Testing
The diagnostic accuracy of influenza swabs is often overestimated by clinicians. The CDC notes that rapid influenza testing has a sensitivity ranging from approximately 50% to 70% — meaning that in up to half of influenza cases, the flu swab results will still be negative. Another study in Turkey showed that the sensitivity of rapid influenza testing for H1N1 ranged from 31.7% to 50%, again depending on the brand of test. A 2012 metanalysis of the accuracy of rapid influenza testing showed an average sensitivity for detecting influenza in adults of only 54%. Sensitivity in children is somewhat higher since they tend to shed more virus. In most studies, the specificity of influenza testing is 90-95%, meaning that there is a much lower incidence of false positive results."

https://epmonthly.com/article/accurate-rapid-flu-tests/

There have been several pre-print articles coming out of China that the COVID-19 fecal swabs are more accurate than the other varieties.