This week the Washington Examiner reported that according to the CDC only 36 positive flu tests were recorded between December 13-19 2020. There are a few different types of flu tests.
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Positive flu test. If you have influenza and get a COVID-19 test that test will come back positive for COVID-19. However rapid tests vary in their ability to detect flu viruses depending on the type of rapid test used and on the type of flu viruses circulating. Its possible to get a false-positive result meaning that you arent really infected.
However it may not tell the healthcare practitioner which strain of influenza is causing the infection how severe the symptoms are likely to be or whether or not a person may experience any secondary complications. For reference during the same time frame in 2019 a total of 7703 positive flu tests were reported by the CDC. Even with the lockdowns masks and social distancing I find this very hard to believe.
A positive result means that signs of the virus were found and that you may have the flu especially if other cases of the flu have been reported in your area at the time you are tested. The positive and negative predictive values vary considerably depending upon the prevalence of influenza level of influenza activity in the patient population being tested. False-positive and true-negative influenza test results are more likely to occur when disease prevalence is low which is generally at the beginning and end of the influenza season.
The COVID-19 nasal swab test cannot detect influenza and therefore a false positive. Positive predictive value PPV of a test is the percentage of test positive cases that have influenza. One Facebook user says their relative was told by a doctor in New York that any cold or flu can show up positive on a COVID test The post does not.
A claim that started in the US which suggests that a case of cold or flu or a previous vaccine against them can give a positive Covid-19 test result has reached Ireland. Also the increase in the vaccination rate in the US as reported in the article is only 29. Scientists including researchers from seven universities found that 1500 laboratory samples that had supposedly tested positive for COVID-19 were actually positive for influenza proving that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention committed fraud.
But they may want to give you a quick test to be sure the influenza virus is to blame. That is a reduction of 99996 in influenza cases. In general the sensitivity of rapid tests is variable median 7075 and lower than that of cell.
A positive flu test means that the affected person most likely has influenza A or B and treatment with antiviral medication may be prescribed to minimize symptoms. A patient could carry the influenza virus but also test positive for a bacterium such as pneumococcus for example. This article nor any common sense explains why the positive test for influenza are only 04 of those in 2019.
The most common is called the rapid influenza antigen test or rapid influenza diagnostic test. Early treatment may help lessen the symptoms of the flu. You may need more tests to confirm this.
Reported cases of influenza reached record lows last week with fewer than 40 diagnoses recorded during Dec. November 2 2020 -- Following national public health warnings about a possible twindemic reports are surfacing of patients testing positive for both the coronavirus and influenza. A doctor can usually tell if you have the flu based on your symptoms especially if its during peak season.
Between the beginning of October 2019 and the first week of March 2020 there were over 16600 positive rapid flu tests according to data published by. A flu test can help your health care provider figure out if you have the flu so you can get treated earlier. We initially thought that every time we identified a virus we would just be.
Negative predictive value NPV is the percentage of test negative cases that do not have influenza. In week 51 of the Centers for Disease Control and Preventions FluView. During an influenza outbreak a positive rapid flu test is likely to indicate influenza infection.
Also rapid tests appear to be better at detecting flu in children than adults.
