> than just testing positive which could be attributed to testing errors
We know that these RT-PCR tests have about a 30% error rate and the errors are almost entirely false negatives, especially early and late in the infection. There's informed speculation that one of the reasons we're still unsure if kids get it less or just test out less because their immune systems fight it off so well that the load is more frequently under the 'positive' threshhold.
We know that these RT-PCR tests have about a 30% error rate and the errors are almost entirely false negatives, especially early and late in the infection. There's informed speculation that one of the reasons we're still unsure if kids get it less or just test out less because their immune systems fight it off so well that the load is more frequently under the 'positive' threshhold.