Now Gov. DeWine tested negative

[soothsayer]

Chris Cuomo said just now.

So which is it, I wonder? Bet he does too.

[enough]

1. This is a common characteristic of these tests. The accuracy is so low as to be

almost useless.

[Loki Liesmith]

6. "Almost useless"

That’s not true.

[TeamPooka]

8. Ask Alyssa Milano about that.

[KentuckyWoman]

23. Not useless.

He got out of dealing with the orange bloviator.

[blueinredohio]

2. I hope DeSwine realizes how flawed these tests really are.

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

3. Well that's reassuring......

[OnDoutside]

4. Maybe he pretended, so he wouldn't have to meet Trump ?

[Tribetime]

24. That's what I thought even before 2nd test

[Hoyt]

5. A couple of months ago, "experts" were saying if the test was positive it's highly likely

you have it. However, negative tests were often wrong. We’ll see what they say now.

[Ilsa]

15. This. He's more likely to be +. nt

[Laelth]

16. afaik, that's still the consensus opinion.

A positive result is almost certainly correct. A negative result is correct less than 75% of the time.

Given how contagious SARS-CoV-19 is, I am inclined to trust positive results and be suspicious of negative results.



-Laelth

[maxrandb]

7. Maybe he just needed an excuse to skip Dipshit Donnie's visit

I know I've feined sickness to get out of shit.

In fact, I think we should poke Donnie Shit for Brains, because it appears Dewine was just trying to avoid meeting with him.

Could you Imagine how pissed that would make him?

Dude faked Covid just so he didn't have to see your sorry ass.

[Buckeye_Democrat]

10. Seems plausible. nt

[Igel]

9. Could be both.

There are false positives.

There are false negatives.

As far as we know, we're also fairly in the dark about the time course of viral load in asymptomatic patients. The PCR test is also wicked sensitive.

My current issue of interest is the idea that since coronaviruses seem to share amino acid sequences for much of their spike proteins that there's the possibility of an immune response (would say "immunity" but that would be misunderstood) that diminishes symptoms and shortens the time course.

At this point, it's fairly speculative. However, like all reasonable speculation, it's not so much based on "wouldn't it be nice if these data existed" but on "these data exist, and wouldn't it be nice if that entailed ...?" It would provide a simple, satisfying explanation for some observations. On the other hand, it's in "I wanna believe" territory and so it should be subjected to the full barrage of critical thinking. Just like anything else that's in "I wanna believe" territory.

A hypothesis built entirely on confirmation and not subject to falsification has a standard term: belief. You want science, you need to propose tests and dig deep for disconfirmation. As one researcher put it, the last hypothesis left standing after every attempt to show it's wrong "wins" ... Until another hypothesis comes along.

[HubertHeaver]

11. That false positive got him out of a meeting with Trump

[irisblue]

12. DeWine Twitter thread from this evening. Props for keeping us updated

Link to tweet

Link to tweet

Link to tweet

Link to tweet

Also, during DeWines 4:30 pm today update presser from his home, he mentioned he has a long history of asthma.

[OAITW r.2.0]

13. Maybe he got a positive on the Trump virus to avoid meeting Trump.

Then, after the threat left, he retested negative on CV-19.

[herding cats]

18. That's what my spouse said! 🤣

It may be true, who knows?

[magicarpet]

14. Dewine got the 2020 version of bone spurs...

No show,... catch ya later,... good luck.

[herding cats]

17. If he's doing antigen tests...

The positive is most likely correct. They're notorious for false negatives, not false positives.

[Takket]

19. he probably faked the positive to avoid the career suicide of appearing in public with drumpf

[Iliyah]

21. This . . .

And then shithole said that DeWine was a good friend. Shithole did not want him there.

[RockRaven]

20. Everyone needs to chill out about false positive anecdotes. Get some perspective.

With the number of tests being done, there are absolutely going to be tons of false positives, even if the test is more accurate than other medical tests you are used to.

I don't know how good (sensitive and specific) the various tests being employed are off the top of my head, but the way to determine if their accuracy is unacceptable is with analysis of large data sets, not with celebrity anecdotes.

[Steelrolled]

29. Exactly, and I am always amazed at how many

experts we have when some medical issue is in the news.

[JDC]

22. Conversely, this would mean that people in contact w *45 may be getting false negatives

That would be something.

[soothsayer]

27. This is what gives me hope!

If nothing else it will freak him out. Are the people near him really negative, or is the test wrong?

Bwahaha

Ultimately, nothing’s perfect, and Abbott quick tests are crap, so it’s not unheard of for something like this to go wrong. That’s what follow up tests are for —- if you can get em.

[dawg day]

25. Lol, he was just making an excuse not to meet Trump

[Zambero]

28. A very plausible explanation

A fake positive COVID test result gets him out of encountering a real-life toxic substance? Sounds like a reasonable trade-off!

[a kennedy]

26. A false positive.......the QB of the Detroit Lions had a false positive too.