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i’m hoping with Covid more people are familiar with testing theory : ie sensitivity , specificity , false positives and false negatives these testing systems a
by tonymet 5y ago
i’m hoping with Covid more people are familiar with testing theory : ie sensitivity , specificity , false positives and false negatives
these testing systems are just one of many indicators that are meant to be used . if used in isolation - very harmful outcomes will occur
- dontreact 5y agoYes exactly. No one is going to put you on chemo because of a mammogram. There are several followup tests including ultrasound and biopsy.
- tonymet 5y agoso the millions of false positives will mean hundreds who die from biopsy infection and hundreds given false chemo
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