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Old 11-07-2021, 04:49 PM
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.. I have heard (right or wrong) that the Covid test will test positive for the Flu. Is that true?
It is not true. There can be rare errors in testing but the test for flu is specific for influenza while the test for Covid is specific for Covid-19 It of course is also possible for an unlucky person to have simultaneous infections. There are commercial products that test for both diseases with a single sample but the result tells you which one is positive, or both positive, or neither positive.
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