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Czechia got some quick tests from China. Their reliability was about 60% compared to lab, false positives and false negatives. I think DNA and RNA research is
by jankotek 7y ago
Czechia got some quick tests from China. Their reliability was about 60% compared to lab, false positives and false negatives.
I think DNA and RNA research is severely lacking in most countries. In a few years we will look at this year as 1960ies of computer engineering.
Edit: source
https://www.irozhlas.cz/zpravy-domov/ostrava-rychlotesty-koronavirus_2003231414_sot https://www.irozhlas.cz/zpravy-domov/ostrava-rychlotesty-kor...
- netvarun 7y agoInitially skeptical on your first claim but did find a source: https://www.businessinsider.com/coronavirus-spain-says-rapid-tests-sent-from-china-missing-cases-2020-3 https://www.businessinsider.com/coronavirus-spain-says-rapid... (https://outline.com/uBBJvY https://outline.com/uBBJvY)
- dmix 7y agoSounds like a test from a single Chinese company and the results were closer to 30% accurate: > The Chinese Embassy in Spain said that the Bioeasy tests were not part of China's medical donations and that the firm didn't have a license to sell its products.
- lopis 7y ago30% accurate? Does that mean it's better to believe the opposite of what the test says most of the time?
- samsonradu 7y agoThen it would be 70% accurate
- DeonPenny 7y agoAgreed the worst test would be 50% accurate
- jankotek 7y agoSource: https://www.irozhlas.cz/zpravy-domov/ostrava-rychlotesty-koronavirus_2003231414_sot https://www.irozhlas.cz/zpravy-domov/ostrava-rychlotesty-kor...