With A 45% False Negative Rate How Does Abbott’s BinaxNOW COVID-19 Antigen Test Still Have EUA Approval?
“Among 299 real-time RT-PCR positive results, 142 (47.5%) were false-negative BinaxNOW antigen test results (63 in specimens from symptomatic persons and 79 in specimens from asymptomatic persons).” The US Government