FDA raises accuracy concerns about coronavirus test

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said that Abbott Laboratories’ speedy coronavirus test, which can deliver results within minutes and is used at the White House, could potentially be inaccurate but can still be used to test patients.

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[SailorRalph]

15 to greater than 50% false negative rate. Wow. Might as well consult your astrological sign for answers at that point.

[johngibson]

How do you say it is inaccurate but can still be used for histologic evaluation? That starement is unscientific and patently false .
This is crazy

[wheelinround]

I work in Healthcare and have found this test to be the most unreliable.

[paladin]

They should have tested it on a papaya.

[tropicana]

Why not just use the South Korean testing kits which have 98% accuracy. Maryland and Colorado are using them.

[Wardell]

Some of the Paw Paw fruit refused to be tested without a lawyer present.

[inthefight]

The accuracy of the test is not the most important thing. The most important element of the test kits are the revenues they generates. 50% accurate? Buy two.

[thehumantoeRD]

Good, the white house and congress should continue those. Give hospitals the more accurate test.

[davidlopez]

People in the conscious community have known this and been saying the numbers are exaggerated

[sabellafella]

Bruh this is not the mainstream test kit we use though. This is the quickest most efficient test that's out. But at the penalty of 15 percent uncertainty

[dolphinitely_bro]

They are inaccurate that’s why, we all question the tests and their accuracy

[theprophet_-__cxvii__-_]

Some President in Africa tested it on fruits and they came out positive. I can’t say for sure it’s true, but let’s get our OWN test kit and test a fruit! I’m curious to see what happens!

[duckspeaker]

Elective testing is a red herring. The important numbers to look at are hospitalizations (hospitals have plenty of testing capability for inpatients) and death rate per capita. This "crisis" was massively exaggerated

[frang.]

I'm sure there are false positives as well, dugh

[osceolatheartist]

On the other hand the test could misdiagnose an individual as positive

[leongray]

CVS is giving this test and is showing FALSE Negatives! Run!

[puntabachata]

Covid-19 heading straight for Covid-45 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[BosleyBeats]

Everything is being done in a rush. So this isn’t surprising; it’s gravely unfortunate. We have to stick with it and keep improving

[beckya]

Really!? Why is it so difficult to get some accuracy on this??🤨

[ebdhudnav]

Okay so does that mean we're getting a lot of false negatives and false positives??