General Discussion

Horse with no Name

(33,957 posts) Mon Jul 13, 2020, 10:55 PM Jul 2020

So there is this story going around on FB where nurses claim

That they sent dozens of swabs dipped into saline and they came back positive for Covid.
This is not possible.
You cannot send a test to a lab without a patient attached and reimbursement information unless you commit fraud to do it. Period.
I call bullshit on this.
Now I’m not saying that there aren’t bad tests out there that will give you a false positive or a false negative.
But I implore everyone. If you see someone claiming that they did this...contact their employer because it is impossible to do without committing Medicare fraud or falsifying patient records.

10 replies

= new reply since forum marked as read

Highlight:

So there is this story going around on FB where nurses claim (Original Post) Horse with no Name Jul 2020 OP

I doubt anyone did this. Ilsa Jul 2020 #1

Exactly Horse with no Name Jul 2020 #2

Consider the source. Rhiannon12866 Jul 2020 #3

FaKebook. BigmanPigman Jul 2020 #4

Russian bot story totally fake. cayugafalls Jul 2020 #5

PCR test possibility of a false positive is as Phoenix61 Jul 2020 #6

the same FB that helped to give us Donald Fucking Trump Skittles Jul 2020 #7

I cannot believe the shit people believe that they read on Facebook. Tipperary Jul 2020 #8

This is bullshit. mwooldri Jul 2020 #9

Yes exactly Horse with no Name Jul 2020 #10

Ilsa

(61,700 posts)

1. I doubt anyone did this.

Reply to Horse with no Name (Original post)

Mon Jul 13, 2020, 10:58 PM

Jul 2020

It's likely a story by trump trolls, saying there is no such thing as COVID-19.

Horse with no Name

(33,957 posts)

2. Exactly

Reply to Ilsa (Reply #1)

Mon Jul 13, 2020, 11:00 PM

Jul 2020

I know they haven’t been done. It’s impossible.
Now, 20 years ago you could have....but not today.

Rhiannon12866

(206,199 posts)

3. Consider the source.

Reply to Horse with no Name (Original post)

Mon Jul 13, 2020, 11:05 PM

Jul 2020

BigmanPigman

(51,638 posts)

4. FaKebook.

Reply to Horse with no Name (Original post)

Mon Jul 13, 2020, 11:08 PM

Jul 2020

cayugafalls

(5,645 posts)

5. Russian bot story totally fake.

Reply to Horse with no Name (Original post)

Mon Jul 13, 2020, 11:14 PM

Jul 2020

Spread by russian agents fake accounts.

Do I need proof. Nope.

Phoenix61

(17,019 posts)

6. PCR test possibility of a false positive is as

Reply to Horse with no Name (Original post)

Mon Jul 13, 2020, 11:51 PM

Jul 2020

close to zero% as you can get. There is the risk of a false negative.

Skittles

(153,211 posts)

7. the same FB that helped to give us Donald Fucking Trump

Reply to Horse with no Name (Original post)

Mon Jul 13, 2020, 11:57 PM

Jul 2020

GET OFF THAT SITE ALREADY

Tipperary

(6,930 posts)

8. I cannot believe the shit people believe that they read on Facebook.

Reply to Horse with no Name (Original post)

Tue Jul 14, 2020, 12:12 AM

Jul 2020

mwooldri

(10,303 posts)

9. This is bullshit.

Reply to Horse with no Name (Original post)

Tue Jul 14, 2020, 01:57 AM

Jul 2020

The lab tech would probably be querying the sample. And I'll have to ask such a lab tech but if a swab were dipped in saline and ran through a PCR test it most certainly would come back negative or with strange readings that would make the lab tech query the sample.

Horse with no Name

(33,957 posts)

10. Yes exactly

Reply to mwooldri (Reply #9)

Tue Jul 14, 2020, 09:36 AM

Jul 2020

There is no feasible way that this happened

Reply to this discussion