Covid-19 false positive test. Oops!

Everett WA

Description

Roughly 200,000 Ellume COVID-19 home testing kits have reportedly been recalled after giving multiple false-positive results. The rapid antigen tests are some of the most popular tests used in the United States and are often used to help people decide whether or not they should quarantine for 10 days. They may also stop people from traveling, going to work, or attending important meetings based on a positive test result. Just how many people have been forced into quarantine for no reason? Ellume CEO Dr. Sean Parsons admitted the problem to The New York Times, describing how the issue was noticed in September and is understood to have been caused by variations in the quality of some of the raw materials used in creating the product. These tests were given emergency use authorization by the United States Food and Drug Administration in December of last year. The company, which is from Australia, has shipped some 3.5 million tests to the United States since. Not only have 200,000 tests been recalled, but some 427,000 tests are believed to have been affected by the issue – meaning hundreds of thousands of Americans may have been impacted by the problem.