Clinic offering dubious antibody tests
A Montreal clinic is offering antibody tests at $195 a pop that haven’t been authorized by Health Canada.
A Montreal clinic is offering antibody tests at $195 a pop that haven’t been authorized by Health Canada.
david000 02:06 on 2020-05-15 Permalink
They claim to have a 98% sensitivity and 99% specificity, and they’re doing the two antibody types, which – if true – means that the chance of getting a false negative from that test is something like 1/10 of 1% or even less.
I tested positive with the Abbott test (100%/99%, but on just the IgC antibodies) and it was good enough for my physician to conclude that I had been infected, even though the results were coming from some private lab in New York State (Quest Diagnostics).
Maybe these Bio-Rad guys haven’t properly reported their testing and that’s a good reason for the Canadians to be skeptical but they seem pretty big time and, if what they report on their test quality is true, it seems perfectly legit.
Ephraim 06:12 on 2020-05-16 Permalink
Pure profiteering from a pandemic. Pretty dispicable.