I could be wrong but from what I understand, the tests still cannot tell the actual difference between true Covid 19 or a normal flu or cold that also happens to be a “covid” strain. Our clan considers them as tests for a “possible” and not a “definite”.
“I could be wrong but from what I understand, the tests still cannot tell the actual difference between true Covid 19 or a normal flu or cold that also happens to be a “covid” strain….”
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There’s been a lot of confusion on that. As I understand it, the original approved PCR test could only test for COVID-19 and did not detect the flu. They made a requirements change so that the PCR tests (I don’t know about the “instant” antigen tests) had to be able to test for BOTH COVID-19 and for flu and tell if the tested person was positive for flu, positive for COVID-19 or positive for both.
So if somebody is ill, tests for COVID-19 and has the flu but not COVID-19 the test will tell them that.
A second, third, and fourth opinion may be in order when it comes to testing, especially since the common cold and flu have been nearly nonexistant for about two years.
“I could be wrong”
You are. Even the quick test can distinguish covid from influenza or a cold. 48 hr PCR is more precise and one version can take it down to the variant.