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Originally Posted by Itse
Probably worth reminding that a large portion of positive test results are false positives.
(Simple math reason; most people tested don't have covid. A small percentage of false positives from a very large pool of non-infected is often > true positives from the small group of infected.)
So a player testing positive once doesn't necessarily mean they actually have covid, but they'll still have to be isolated just to be sure.
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Interesting that you mentioned this -- this is an excerpt from an article from the Athletic (about Auston Matthews getting COVID):
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On the weekend, our Arpon Basu learned that three Montreal Canadiens players had tested positive for COVID-19. Less than 24 hours later, however, it was revealed that two of those cases were deemed to be false positives.
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