My piece @nytimes: If You Have Coronavirus Symptoms, Assume You Have the Illness, Even if You Test Negative; 'It’s a lesson that endures throughout medicine: Look at the big picture, not a single piece of data.’ And false negatives seem common. nytimes.com/2020/04/01/wel… #COVID19 
@nytimes 'Research coming out of China indicates that the false-negative rate may be around 30 percent. Some of my colleagues, experts in laboratory medicine, express concerns the false-negative rate in this country could be even higher.'
@nytimes 'Even w/more testing, we are likely to be underestimating the spread of the virus. For now, we should assume that anyone could be carrying the virus. If you have had likely exposures and symptoms suggest Covid-19 infection, you probably have it — even if your test is negative.'
@nytimes 'Triangulate on the truth, using all the sources of information, no matter how good a single test. And don’t be shy about questioning a conclusion that doesn’t fully fit the facts.’ Good anytime, but also for how you interpret a neg test when everything else suggests otherwise.
