Apr 3, 2020
9:24:54pm
9:24:54pm
Not to be a Debbie downer, but antibody testing has a much higher probability of
False positives than the other testing we are doing. People that were asymptomatic and tested positive on antibody are possibly false positive.
Not a game changer, in fact, could give a false sense of security.
Just looked up the package insert. Positive agreement of 93.8 percent with confidence intervals of like 88-95. Comparator was PCR. Problem with that is we still don't know the statistics of the PCR. A much better comparator would be culture, not gonna happen though.
Not a game changer, in fact, could give a false sense of security.
Just looked up the package insert. Positive agreement of 93.8 percent with confidence intervals of like 88-95. Comparator was PCR. Problem with that is we still don't know the statistics of the PCR. A much better comparator would be culture, not gonna happen though.
Originally posted on Apr 3, 2020 at 9:24:54pm
Message modified by doctorcoug on Apr 3, 2020 at 9:32:06pm
Message modified by doctorcoug on Apr 3, 2020 at 9:33:04pm
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