Claim: Polymerase chain reaction, or PCR, tests for COVID-19 are highly accurate. People on social media, however, are circulating lists of germs that they baselessly claim will cause such tests to be falsely positive. In reality, it's the opposite. The lists include pathogens that have been tested by the manufacturers and did not react to the test.
Fact-check: Posts About 'Cross Reactants' Misrepresent Accuracy of COVID-19 PCR Tests - FactCheck.org
Verdict: polymerase chain reaction, or pcr, tests for covid-19 are highly accurate. people on social media, however, are circulating lists of germs that they baselessly claim will cause such tests to be falsely positive. in reality, it's the opposite. the lists include pathogens that have been tested by the manufacturers and did not react to the test.
Organisation: FactCheck.org
Author: Saranac Hale Spencer
Date published: 2022-01-28T19:48:06