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The false positive rate is nowhere near 80%. All positive test results - both false and true - are at less than 5%. 80% might be the probability that an asympt
by LeifCarrotson 7y ago
The false positive rate is nowhere near 80%. All positive test results - both false and true - are at less than 5%.
80% might be the probability that an asymptomatic patient who tests positive is actually clear, but that's not what the statistic "false positive rate" means.
- rossdavidh 7y agoThe term "false positive" is the one used in the NIH-linked article: "Potential false-positive rate among the 'asymptomatic infected individuals' in close contacts of COVID-19 patients" https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32133832 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32133832
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- virusduck 7y agoThis isn't an NIH-affiliated article, to be clear. It's from a Chinese set of authors on a Chinese journal. But, it's not, because the article is now nonexistent. http://rs.yiigle.com/yufabiao/1183773.htm http://rs.yiigle.com/yufabiao/1183773.htm