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Gov. Greg Abbott tests negative for COVID after positive test
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Houston Chronicle by Alejandro Serrano 8/21/2021

https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Gov-Greg-Abbott-tests-negative-for-COVID-after-16403005.php

Gov. Greg Abbott announced Saturday he had tested negative for COVID-19, less than a week after his office revealed he had tested positive.

“I am told that my infection was brief & mild because of the vaccination I received,” Abbott said in a tweet Saturday. “I will continue to quarantine as recommended by doctors. And, I will keep working on issues affecting Texas.”

Abbott’s office previously said the governor was not experiencing any symptoms. Tuesday’s announcement about his infection was hours after he attended a packed event in Collin County where there was little social distancing and almost no one wore a mask.
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Re: Gov. Greg Abbott tests negative for COVID after positive test
« Reply #1 on: 05:59 am »
Quote from: Elderberry on 04:36 am
“I am told that my infection was brief & mild because of the vaccination I received,” Abbott said in a tweet Saturday.

Or, the infection was brief & mild because of the treatment he received after the positive test. Or the test was a false positive. Or the second test was a false negative.  Who knows?
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Re: Gov. Greg Abbott tests negative for COVID after positive test
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Quote from: Ghost Bear on 05:59 am
Or, the infection was brief & mild because of the treatment he received after the positive test. Or the test was a false positive. Or the second test was a false negative.  Who knows?

I'm going to go with "the test was a false positive".
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Re: Gov. Greg Abbott tests negative for COVID after positive test
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Quote from: Bigun on 06:05 am
I'm going to go with "the test was a false positive".

They could get a positive testing a grapefruit.  My guess is Abbott never had the bug.
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Re: Gov. Greg Abbott tests negative for COVID after positive test
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Initial test a false positive seems to be the better conclusion.
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Re: Gov. Greg Abbott tests negative for COVID after positive test
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They could get a positive testing a grapefruit.  My guess is Abbott never had the bug.

A couple of RNs who work for a large Houston hospital sent in ten test swabs to be read.  Eight of them came back positive.

The swabs that were sent in were straight out of the package, pristine, never saw the inside of anyone's nose.  That's how good these tests are.
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Re: Gov. Greg Abbott tests negative for COVID after positive test
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Quote from: Bigun on 06:14 am
A couple of RNs who work for a large Houston hospital sent in ten test swabs to be read.  Eight of them came back positive.

The swabs that were sent in were straight out of the package, pristine, never saw the inside of anyone's nose.  That's how good these tests are.

It's a little hard for me to think that's just an accident.
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