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kiri

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16. the test routinely reports false negatives, i.e, shows no virus when there really was
Thu Jun 25, 2020, 03:18 PM
Jun 2020
https://globalnews.ca/news/7045805/coronavirus-test-false-negative-study/

The primary type of testing for the novel coronavirus around the world produces “false-negative” results at least 20 per cent of the time, researchers from Johns Hopkins University found.
On day five of infection, which is when symptoms of COVID-19 typically begin to appear, and when people are often encouraged to seek out testing, the study found the false-negative rate is 38 per cent.

https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/newsroom/news-releases/covid-19-story-tip-beware-of-false-negatives-in-diagnostic-testing-of-covid-19

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What The Fuck Is A Quasi-Quarantine? sfstaxprep Jun 2020 #1
Fake quarantine. Only until you pass an imperfect test. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Jun 2020 #5
the test routinely reports false negatives, i.e, shows no virus when there really was kiri Jun 2020 #16
In this case I think it means keeping possibly infected people away from Trump but not caring who highplainsdem Jun 2020 #6
No, that's a quarantine where you still go out to marybourg Jun 2020 #7
It's the Trump way. C_U_L8R Jun 2020 #9
A quarantine with a quasi-mode, no? yonder Jun 2020 #18
If Brad Is In Florida sfstaxprep Jun 2020 #2
Haha, Parscale went back to FL soothsayer Jun 2020 #3
He Flew commerical in plane ace3csusm Jun 2020 #4
They need to tell America Parscale's Flight # & info. Budi Jun 2020 #11
This mahina Jun 2020 #21
Oh, yeah not fooled Jun 2020 #32
He'l have a good 70 days to complete his mission & the final episode is chillingly unpredictable Budi Jun 2020 #33
If any of his staff get really really sick...ventilator sick...from the virus, I wonder if they'll BComplex Jun 2020 #8
Covid Don is a spreader Historic NY Jun 2020 #10
A super-spreader. You know he likes to be the bestest of everything. fleur-de-lisa Jun 2020 #25
So that f'n bastard Brad, KNOWING. He was exposed, flew commercial????? So everyone on niyad Jun 2020 #12
What is "quasi-quarantine"? Is that something like "almost pregnant"? George II Jun 2020 #13
Parscale does sorta look like Quasimodo. fleur-de-lisa Jun 2020 #26
Well, he was around 800,000 people n/t hibbing Jun 2020 #14
Nice ace3csusm Jun 2020 #20
parscale is getting fired and probably has covid? jorgevlorgan Jun 2020 #15
It comes around rumleyfips Jun 2020 #17
It's a bird, it's a plane, it's... sandensea Jun 2020 #19
Gut's too small, crotch is too big. truthisfreedom Jun 2020 #29
True that. sandensea Jun 2020 #34
Stupid people jpak Jun 2020 #22
I believe more of them are infected than they are telling us. They are is "quasi quaratine" only to iluvtennis Jun 2020 #23
If you hold a live event during a global pandemic, you're gonna have a bad time. Initech Jun 2020 #24
Everyone who was in Tulsa chriscan64 Jun 2020 #27
Sounds like Par for the Scale Blue Owl Jun 2020 #28
I heard on the news this afternoon that "dozens" of Secret Service BumRushDaShow Jun 2020 #30
Brad is hiding from trump Gothmog Jun 2020 #31
I heard he shit the bed manhattan123 Jun 2020 #35
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