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6% error rate is kinda high imho if this becomes the main method for airports etc, given the possible consequences of testing positive at customs.
by obilgic 6y ago
6% error rate is kinda high imho if this becomes the main method for airports etc, given the possible consequences of testing positive at customs.
- stevage 6y agoIt doesn't have to be the only method. You could combine it with a slower method, so something like: 1) Dog positive -> straight to full quarantine 2) Dog negative -> self-isolate until pathology tests come back 3) Pathology positive -> back to quarantine 4) Pathology negative -> free to run in the world
- topkai22 6y ago6% seems amazing if you can enable mass screenings at, for example, schools. As for consequences, you’d presumably be isolated until a secondary test could confirm the results. That’s better than a 14 day quarantine for everyone coming into a region, as many places are “requiring” in the US.
- treeman79 6y agoFirst positive case at a school is gonna have a lot of people sent home. Our school it was. The entire classroom The teacher All secondary teachers / aids that kid interacted with. Possibly the kids the secondary personal interacted with. After 14 days everyone allowed back. Repeat each time a kid gets sick. So with high false positives, everyone would be in quarantine perpetually. General opinion was school would open, then very quickly get shut down. Finally school just went 100% virtual. Except teachers have to come in and teach virtual lessons. Oh and they have to wear a mask while teaching lessons to the virtual audience. This is for kindergarten. So parents will have to be with kid 100% of the time or it’s all a waste.