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There's a reason they published this in an engineering journal, not medical one. It's very cool, but in terms of practical use, is in the realm of "maybe it's
by curiousllama 6y ago
There's a reason they published this in an engineering journal, not medical one. It's very cool, but in terms of practical use, is in the realm of "maybe it's worth doing a real medical study to see if this works" - a valuable contribution, no doubt, but a not really a contribution to diagnostics in itself (yet).
That said, I like that they're thinking outside the box on this one. A free digital test with a low false negative rate would be a game changer.
- timkam 6y agoI agree. Covid-related work that is disseminated in "non-medical" venues presents most likely toy examples, which is okay as long as the authors clearly state the limitations and do not try to push their research directly to the public without getting medical experts involved. Researchers with really strong results will for sure publish in medical journals, which typically implies a massive push in prestige (impresses the administration and funding providers).