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Not necessarily. Their population survey had 1.5% positive results. The false positive rate of the test is not known for certain but I believe the 95% confidenc
by losvedir 7y ago
Not necessarily. Their population survey had 1.5% positive results. The false positive rate of the test is not known for certain but I believe the 95% confidence interval goes up to 1.7%. If that were the case, all the positive tests could even be false positives.
We did learn from the study that the population rate isn't outrageously high, like 30%, but I'm not sure what more we can confidently say beyond that.
- walterbell 7y agoWhat are typical false positive rates for other tests/studies?
- DeonPenny 7y agoChina's false postives for Covid tests are 30%, I chest CT has a false positive of 6% https://www.advancedsciencenews.com/a-more-sensitive-test-for-covid-19/ https://www.advancedsciencenews.com/a-more-sensitive-test-fo.... So these test a more accurate than either of the more accurate test to diagnose Covid-19 from what I've found