There is a test called Biofire that can test for 18 viruses and 4 bacteria that can cause respiratory infection. Initial criteria was to rule out flu and have a negative Biofire before testing for Covid19. That rapidly changed to testing all at once. Hopefully soon Covid19 can be tested like the flu. There is still a possibilty he may not have it and I assume he had a Biofire test. The turnaround on the Biofire is less than an hour. There is also a possibility of multiple infections at once, although very low.
Again, once we have a quicker and easier test that is more readily available and has a quicker turnaround, the statistics may stay the same, but will likely start changing for the better.
