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The test is not specific enough and therefore not diagnostic of disease. The nasal swab is a one trick pony confirming maybe you have virus in your snot. They used the same tactics with HIV early on. The real statistics are harder to gather and you need big picture testing and data: blood work showing antibodies, clinical diagnosis including imaging, and eventually corroborating symptoms across the board (many people).
In short, the world has been brought to its knees based on a dollar store pregnancy test and a lot of hype.