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Tag: False positive

Posted inFactCheckZW, News

Is it true that Covid-19 PCR tests are prone to false positives?

by Senzeni Ncube 8th January 20218th January 2021

Verdict: misleading A medical dictionary defines false positive as a result that indicates that a given condition is present when it is not while a false negative is a test result that erroneously excludes someone from a specific diagnostic or reference group. A Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) test is performed to detect genetic material from […]

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