• Cysioland [he/him,comrade/them]
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    4 years ago

    The test I had made when admitted in the ER was such that the doctor was yelling across the hall "the only binding result for us is a positive one" so I guess my test had a larger false negative rate.

    • 420bootywizard [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      I mean that's the thing about statistical evaluation of lab work.

      Just because it has a higher false positive rate doesn't mean negative results are wrong. It means you probably want to follow up with a more precise test, instead of doing the rapid 4 times in a row because Elon Musk asked you to.

      • Cysioland [he/him,comrade/them]
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        4 years ago

        I mean, for me the test was just to say whether I could be placed on a regular ward or in the corona ward.