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My scenario was to give everyone the "always return positive" test, as suggested in the original comment, though it was ambiguous as stated. So there is no fals
by scarmig 6y ago
My scenario was to give everyone the "always return positive" test, as suggested in the original comment, though it was ambiguous as stated. So there is no false negative rate, since there are no negatives. The magic doggy is just to encourage compliance.
You do accurately describe the issue with relying solely on tests with false negatives to control Covid.
- nanis 6y ago> give everyone the "always return positive" test, I had assumed your comment was sarcastic. Note that if you believe prevalence is 95%, there is no reason to spend any resources on dogs, tests, or even vaccines. Making all that effort only makes sense in a world where prevalence is assumed to be low and the effort is to keep it low. So, let's say prevalence is 5%. Then, you method has a false positive rate of 95%. Are you OK with the implications of that?