Jun 02 2020 9 mins 1.5k
The accuracy of coronavirus tests has been again thrust into the spotlight, after a man who authorities said died from COVID-19, actually didn't. When 30-year-old Nathan Turner died last week, Queensland Health said he had tested positive to COVID-19. But further testing showed that he was negative. So how did the test get it wrong, and how common could it be? On today's show: * How do you even get a false positive? * How is the coronavirus death rate calculated? * If Australia is locked down, where would a second wave come from? * Why are there still cases in hotel quarantine?
