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False negatives are very bad. False positives not so much. Worst case is you send someone to a better test to find out if it's true. This is what they aim for w
by stormbrew 12y ago
False negatives are very bad. False positives not so much. Worst case is you send someone to a better test to find out if it's true. This is what they aim for with home pregnancy test kits, afaik, for pretty good reasons.
- Fomite 12y agoThat very much depends on the disease in question. For these diseases, false negatives are bad. For diseases with intensive and dangerous treatments, false positives can be actively harmful to population health. This is commonly a problem in cancer screening.
- cdcarter 12y agoDisease and plan. Almost every rapid HIV test out there is spoken about in "negative" or "maybe positive" terminology. If you get the two dots instead of one dot, you're referred to a physician who will administer a 4th gen test and probably a western bot, you aren't immediately started on ARVs.
- ekianjo 12y ago> False positives not so much. Really. No psychological effect then, you assume ?