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A negative test allows people to attend events, cross international boundaries, etc, etc because a negative test is treated as definitive. False negatives would
by caseysoftware 5y ago
A negative test allows people to attend events, cross international boundaries, etc, etc because a negative test is treated as definitive. False negatives would have allowed the virus to spread.
> It appears you're saying that the response was because there were many false positive tests, when it appears to have been the opposite.
I said "falsified testing," you added words and then claimed I was wrong while not understanding that test results - both positive and negative - influence and shape policy decisions at all levels, public and private.
- UncleMeat 5y agoI think you tripped over a mental shortcut where the huge majority of people who are making claims adjacent to "the government is lying to us about covid" are claiming that covid actually isn't (or never was) as bad as people say it is. So the lazy read of your post is you saying that this story is further evidence of the government overreaction, even if that wasn't your intention.