Elon Musk went on Twitter on Thursday night Achieved mixed results After testing for Covid-19 and is currently experiencing symptoms of a common cold. Musk says it was tested four times using a fast antigen test: two tests came back positive and two came back negative. It is also Waiting for results From two PCR tests but the results cannot be known for 24 hours.
Antigen tests work by detecting a small protein on the surface of the coronavirus, while PCR tests detect the virus itself. Antigen tests can be conducted quickly because they do not require a lab, and are often administered in hotspots such as college lodge campuses or aging care facilities. Some states do not even bother to report the results of antigen tests in their overall case numbers, according to a survey published in September. Kaiser Health News (KHN).
Something extremely bogus is going on. Tested for Covid four times today. Two tests came back negative, two came back positive. Same machine, same test, same nurse. Rapid antigen testing from BD.
– Elon Musk (elonmusk) November 13, 2020
In addition to saying “something very bogus is happening”, Kasturi suggests that his experience may have been shared by others and Contribute to the current spike In cases seen in the US and abroad. He also replied “OK“Proceeds from the tests are probably not bogus,” he tweeted. ”
Musk is spreading suspicion, confusion, and sometimes complete misinformation about the coronavirus. He has accused the doctors of inflating the case number for financial reasons Widely rejected paper on the benefits of chloroquine, Calls the order of the asylum “fascist” and dismisses the panic associated with the epidemic.Dumb“He predicted in March.”Near zero new caseBy the end of April.
U.S. Currently seeing another spike in the Covid-19 case. A week after 100,000 cases were reported in a single day, public health officials on Thursday recorded a record 160,000 new cases. New York Times. According to the Covid Tracking Project, which was hospitalized for Covid-19, a record 67,096 were made on the same day, with an average of more than 1,000 deaths per day.
