These researchers tested positive for the coronavirus, but not because they were infected.

The New York Times | Nov. 12, 2020, 5:07 a.m. | Original

Scientists in at least half a dozen universities and research centers in the United States have tested positive for the coronavirus — not because they were infected, but because they were studying the virus’s genetic material, and that contaminated their tests.

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