FDA says Abbott COVID-19 test used by White House could be inaccurate

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

The Food and Drug Administration issued an alert Thursday warning that a common COVID-19 diagnostic test could be giving inaccurate results.

President Donald Trump recently touted Abbott Labs' ID NOW point-of-care test, which is used by hospitals across the country, as the test used to screen him and those around him.

The FDA issued an emergency use authorization for the test, which can deliver results in five to 13 minutes, in March.

But the test has recently come under fire after studies have indicated that it produces too many false negatives. A small study this week from NYU Langone Health found that the Abbott test returned false negatives for nearly 50 percent of certain samples that a rival test had found to be positive. The study has not been peer reviewed. In response, Abbott said that the results are not consistent with other studies and that the sample size was very small.

https://news.yahoo.com/fda-says-abbott-covid-19-013932713.html

Everything Trump touches dies.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. I hope Trump touches himself.

[cos dem]

2. I had exactly the same thought!

Along with the "ewww" feeling.

[uponit7771]

3. How wide spread is Abbott test used? tia

[GeorgeGist]

4. Abbott is a very major player in automated clinical chemistry.

[TwistedTinkerbelle]

5. As per usual there were red flags nearly a month ago...

But I guess 85% is a good ballpark number for this adminstration.

[link:https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/04/21/838794281/study-raises-questions-about-false-negatives-from-quick-covid-19-test|

[gratuitous]

6. Look for another lava level meltdown

We'll hear about it over the weekend from those famous anonymous sources.

[Vinca]

7. Keep hope alive.

[whistler162]

8. To bad there isn't a set of suggestions

on how to lessen the chance of catching the Coronavirus..... OH wait there is!