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Mar 16, 2020 · Contagion recently saw an uptick in people streaming the movie, apparently looking for similarities with the coronavirus outbreak. Are audiences looking for clues on how to deal with such an event, or escapism via a fictional virus which is so much worse than COVID-19?
Apr 2, 2020 · Directed by Steven Soderbergh and written by Scott Z. Burns, the film follows the spread of a virus transmitted when sick humans touch surfaces and leave virus behind that others can catch.
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- Kristen Rogers
False positive COVID-19 tests —when your result is positive, but you aren’t actually infected with the SARS-CoV-2 virus—are a real, if unlikely, possibility, especially if you don’t perform...
Jun 1, 2021 · One of the most common false claims is that PCR tests are prone to huge numbers of false positives, and this is often rooted in a misunderstanding of how the tests work, says Jonathan Jarry,...
Jun 5, 2023 · Rapid tests rarely give a false positive result. A false positive is when you test positive for COVID-19 when you don’t actually have it. In the March 2021 review of studies mentioned...
- Daniel Yetman
Jun 4, 2021 · What causes false positive results? The main reasons for false positive results are laboratory error and off-target reaction (that is, the test cross-reacting with something that’s...
Mar 13, 2020 · As theaters, fan cons, and, yes, the places where we work all batten down the hatches to try to minimize the spread of coronavirus, Hollywood’s rich litany of apocalyptic movies about global pandemics are, well, going viral.
