From the archives: This aged well. Before the world locked in on case counts, someone was already flagging that the tests couldn't tell COVID-19 apart from the flu or a common cold. A fossil of early skepticism that became a mainstream issue.
The test seeks to identify RNA specific to general coronavirus and cannot distinguish if the type of Coronavirus is COVID 19 or the flu or Mers or common cold. Just saying. 'Numbers' are hence not likely to be accurate.