In February @CDCDirector was asked about the potential for false negatives to hamper the ability to combat #COVID19 and assured Members the test kits worked.
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LIEU: Does the CDC’s test for coronavirus work? REDFIELD: Yes. LIEU: What is the error rate on that test? REDFIELD: Well, the problem was... LIEU: Has the CDC fixed it? REDFIELD: It has been corrected. LIEU: So the current test works? REDFIELD: Current test works.pic.twitter.com/eodw8Xqs5W
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With reports of high rates of false negatives returned by
#coronavirus tests, we're calling on@CDCgov to address the accuracy of testing and reports of false negative results. Our letter
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What a run around “answer”... why not just say the first tests manufactured were not 100% accurate and gave false negatives? Why not JUST TELL THE TRUTH.
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You never did get an answer to the “error rate” as he clearly didn’t know. What is it?
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