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Originally Posted by blueash
You heard wrong. The testing for Covid 19 tests for specific antigens on that virus that do not occur on other Coronaviruses. As with any test there are some false positives and some false negatives but interference from other Coronaviruses is not a significant problem
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Originally Posted by Trishakaye
Absolutely. Coronavirus has been with us for years
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I'm gonna go with blueash on this one. The
virus test won't be fooled by infections from other coronaviruses; the
antibody test may be. This is straight from the CDC website:
"A positive test result shows you may have antibodies from an infection with the virus that causes COVID-19. However, there is a chance that a positive result means you have antibodies from an infection with a different virus from the same family of viruses (called coronaviruses). Note: Other coronaviruses cannot produce a positive result on a viral test for SARS-CoV-2."
Test for Past Infection | CDC