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It was 11 out of 100 people, using an antibody test that's known to have some false positives. So the error bars are huge. (The fact that this result has metast
by matthewdgreen 7y ago
It was 11 out of 100 people, using an antibody test that's known to have some false positives. So the error bars are huge. (The fact that this result has metastasized into obvious nonsense is exactly why people should be careful publishing incomplete scientific results.)
- Kiro 7y agoThis new test from Karolinska Institute cannot have false positives, only false negatives. However, the way the test was conducted was indeed incorrect (they accidentally included people who gave blood because they were infected so it was not random). They will conduct a new test so let's see what that says.
- esailija 7y agoThere is no such thing as test without false positives so that's your clue. Especially antibody tests typically have 4% false positive, just a day ago there was news that revealed 4% false positive for a test claimed to have 0.5%.
- Kiro 7y agoMy clue for what? I'm not the one who is saying this, it's Karolinska Institute saying their new antibody test has no false positives: https://www.svt.se/nyheter/inrikes/11-procent-av-stockholmarna-har-antikroppar-mot-covid-19 https://www.svt.se/nyheter/inrikes/11-procent-av-stockholmar...
- matwood 7y ago> The fact that this result has metastasized into obvious nonsense is exactly why people should be careful publishing incomplete scientific results. On top of that, the situation is fluid and changing almost daily. I saw a meme a couple of days ago about covid-19 being no big deal with tons of people agreeing, and the data was from 4/1. It's not a surprise, but it concerns how few people are a) critical of what they see and b) refuse to change their mind when new information arises.