[magnus]

So I'm a little confused with these false negative numbers.   In a different thread,  MT pointed out how PCR tests aren't close to 100% on negatives even with symptomatic cases.   I also saw somewhere that depending on where you got the sample from a person, the chances of a representative sample varied. 

So is the Abbott 16% false negative on top of the say 70% hit rate for a nasal swab?  In other words,  using abbott's quick test on nasal swabs would yield over 40% false negatives?

Yikes!  
Makes you wonder about all those hospitals relaxing PPE requirements on negative resulted patients.

[magnus]

So I'm a little confused with these false negative numbers.   In a different thread,  MT pointed out how PCR tests aren't close to 100% on negatives even with symptomatic cases.   I also saw somewhere that depending on where you got the sample from a person, the chances of a representative sample varied. 

So is the Abbott 16% false negative on top of the say 70% hit rate for a nasal swab?  In other words,  using abbott's quick test on nasal swabs would yield over 40% false negatives?

Yikes!  
Makes you wonder about all those hospitals relaxing PPE requirements on negative resulted patients.