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During a pandemic, it's more likely than not that any negative test on a symptomatic person is false. It's also quite likely that a positive test on an asympto
by empath75 7y ago
During a pandemic, it's more likely than not that any negative test on a symptomatic person is false.
It's also quite likely that a positive test on an asymptomatic person is also false -- depending on how prevalent it is in the general population.
- dragonwriter 7y ago> During a pandemic, it's more likely than not that any negative test on a symptomatic person is false. I don't think we've reached the point where COVID-19 is the leading cause of fever, much less GI symptoms, so unless you define “symptomatic” extremely narrowly (like, “in need of a ventilator”) that's probably not true in this pandemic at this time in the US.
- Marsymars 7y ago> During a pandemic, it's more likely than not that any negative test on a symptomatic person is false. There are places with single-digit positive test rates, that would require a 90%+ false negative rate, which, as far as we know, is not the case.