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Old Jan 2, 2022, 5:15 pm
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IAATM
 
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False negatives with PCR

The FDA has revoked the EUA for the PCR assay yesterday, per this reference:

https://www.fda.gov/media/137089/download

Therefore, you might conceivably have an influenza infection, that falsely shows as Covid by PCR, but correctly negative by lateral flow.
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