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Wait, what happened with Gov. DeWine's test results?

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Wait, what happened with Gov. DeWine's test results?
Wait, what happened with Gov. DeWine's test results?

“Yesterday was kind of a crazy day,” Ohio Gov.

Mike DeWine said Friday, holding up a day-old Columbus Dispatch topped with the front-page news of his own COVID-19 diagnosis.

Much of DeWine’s Friday afternoon briefing on the state’s COVID-19 response was given over to questions about the test that had returned a positive result hours before his scheduled meeting with President Donald Trump — and the two subsequent tests that, hours later, came back negative.

OHIO GOVERNOR MIKE DEWINECONFIRMS HE DOES NOT HAVECOVID-19.DOCTORS NEEDED THREETESTS TO BE SURE.AND AS WCPO 9NEWS REPORTER LARRY SEWARDREPORTS -- EXPERTS SAYTHERE'S A MESSAGE THERE YOUSHOULD NOT MISS.(larry looklive)"There are twotest types... both involveswabs... one is more sensitiveand is the only measure forconfirmed cases in Ohio."(track)Science uses two names:molecular and antigen.Laymenknow the later as rapidtesting.Results in an hour.Itis also the kind of swab firstused on Governor Mike Dewineand triggered whiplashreaction.(sot/ tc :49/ gov.mike dewine/ (r) ohio)"Yesterday was kind of a crazyday..."(sot from today/ tc1:00/ gov.

Mike dewine/ (r)ohio)"It was kind of a rollercoaster kind of day as Iindicated last night..."(sotfrom ryle stuff last night/ tc2:44/ gov dewine)"Testedpositive.

Big surprise..."(sotfrom today/ tc 1:53 / govdewine)"So I came back and gota test..."(sot from today/ tc2:21 / gov dewine)"We cameback here to Cedarville andjust waited..."(sot fromtoday/ tc 2:25 / gov dewine)"...Fran fixed me some chickenand rice soup.

I think shethought we were going to besettled in the long haulhere..."(sot from today/ tc2:40-46 / gov dewine)"...thengot the good results lastnight.

Tests from Ohio statehad come back as negative..."(track)Dewine's second andthird tests were bothmolecular and often called PCR.They are sensitive, demand atleast a day for results butare the only tool Ohio healthofficials use to confirmcoronavirus cases.(sot/ tc2:59 / tiffany mattingly/ thehealth collaborative, clinicalinitiatives and qualityimprovement, senior director)"A lot of the testing that'scurrently happening here inSouthwest Ohio is that PCRtest..." (track)TiffanyMattingly coordinatescoronavirus response forSouthwest Ohio and says rapidtests are mostly reserved forscreening in clinics.And thedifference has more to do withlabs than collection.Rapidtests scan samples for covid-19 proteins while PCR looks atvirus genetics.(sot/ tc 5:53 /tiffany mattingly/ the healthcollaborative, clinicalinitiatives and qualityimprovement, senior director)"It just kind of blows it upand you can see it and that'smore of a confirmatoryresponse than theidentification of theproteins."(sot/ tc 4:00/tiffany mattingly/ the healthcollaborative, clinicalinitiatives and qualityimprovement, senior director)"The National Guard right nowwhen they're down doingtesting at those pop-up sitesaround the community those arePCR tests."(track)Confident intheir accuracy... healthofficials see no reason toblow off testing or mask rules.(sot from jake stuff/ tc 3:25/melba moore/ cincinnati healthcommissioner)"We know that themasks protect others from whatwe may have and not know..."(larry looklive)"GovernorDewine's false-positivecanceled a planned meetingwith President Trump... wholater called with thegovernor's second results andwell wishes.

Larry seward...wcpo... nine news."

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