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Are false positives more prevalent in this type of testing than false negatives? Edit: Due to the sars-cov-1?
by ghastmaster 7y ago
Are false positives more prevalent in this type of testing than false negatives? Edit: Due to the sars-cov-1?
- DennisP 7y agoI don't know but the problem is more with low infection rates. Suppose you have 3% false positives and 3% false negatives, and 0.1% of people are infected. The false negatives will be 3% of 0.1%. The false positives will be 3% of 99.9%. You exaggerate your infection rate by about 30X even though the test is equally inaccurate in both directions.
- ghastmaster 7y agoFantastic explanation!