AP Report of Umpire COVID Appears to be False Positive

[Lindsay]

On Wednesday, an AP report circulated by ESPN, Sports Illustrated, and others stated an umpire tested positive for coronavirus, leading to crew shuffling in Florida. Close Call Sports now concludes this test result was likely a false positive for COVID-19. When the AP story broke...

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[MadMax]

I can't quite locate the emoji for my reaction to this posting. Is there a sh!#-eating-grin face emoji? A big ol' smirk that carries that "Huh! Imagine that!" expression to it?

[dumbdumb]

9 hours ago, MadMax said:

I can't quite locate the emoji for my reaction to this posting. Is there a sh!#-eating-grin face emoji? A big ol' smirk that carries that "Huh! Imagine that!" expression to it?

Glad no one had it. Do you know if they are doing one of the quicky tests all the time which tends to give more false positives, or the more thorough tests that do not. Seems that could make a big difference with results and more possible oopses. Wonder which kind the NBA are using?

 

[stevis]

13 hours ago, dumbdumb said:

Glad no one had it. Do you know if they are doing one of the quicky tests all the time which tends to give more false positives, or the more thorough tests that do not. Seems that could make a big difference with results and more possible oopses. Wonder which kind the NBA are using?

 

I think, from following the Juan Soto saga a the start of the season here near D.C., they are doing rapid spit tests with follow-up swabs that have better Pd/Pfa.  From a cost/pain in the rear standpoint, yeah, I can see why you'd do that.  But it's going to lead in some persons forced to sit out unnecessary.  Just the cost of doing business in these times, I guess.