Antibodies from common cold coronaviruses may interfere with the accuracy of SARS-CoV-2 serological diagnostic tests, leading to false positives. — Whalespan
Antibodies from common cold coronaviruses may interfere with the accuracy of SARS-CoV-2 serological diagnostic tests, leading to false positives.
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We can't find evidence that holds up here. Proponents are reasoning from mechanism or analogy rather than direct human data, and the most credible skeptics raise objections we can't dismiss.
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“This also suggests that the antibodies from these common cold coronaviruses may complicate accuracy of SARS-CoV-2 serological diagnostics as people reinfected with common cold coronaviruses could score as false positive with some SARS-CoV-2 serological assays.”