In my limited understanding, it was my thinking that one never test positive for Covid-19 disease. Covid is marked by symptoms that are result of infection with the virus Sars-CoV2. I could be wrong though. If the virus is not isolated, then only way a test can detect Sars-CoV2 if antibodies exist. I think this applied to HIV too, they can only measure for antibodies.
It's better to say someone tested positive for Sars-CoV2 virus than to say that the have "covid-19" because they tested positive.
We know that a positive test for Sars-CoV2 virus is not conclusive and the disease can only by diagnosed clinically.
No symptoms is no disease, positive test or not.
In my limited understanding, it was my thinking that one never test positive for Covid-19 disease. Covid is marked by symptoms that are result of infection with the virus Sars-CoV2. I could be wrong though. If the virus is not isolated, then only way a test can detect Sars-CoV2 if antibodies exist. I think this applied to HIV too, they can only measure for antibodies.
That's my understanding too.