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Hav

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4. It depends

Reply to Laura PourMeADrink (Original post)

Sat Jun 20, 2020, 12:11 PM

Jun 2020

In the early stages, there were several stories about how unreliable some of the tests were with some giving a false result almost 50% of the time for a certain outcome.
If it is far more likely to get a false positive than a false negative, then it makes sense to test again and have more confidence in one of the outcomes than the other.

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GA hospital being sued for falsifying COVID results [View all] Laura PourMeADrink Jun 2020 OP

I hope they have a better technical explanation than: marybourg Jun 2020 #1

If you read the story, they explain how it was done. nt. Mariana Jun 2020 #7

This doesn't instill great confidence in the tests Mike 03 Jun 2020 #2

the article said that if someone tested positive.... stillcool Jun 2020 #6

THIS!!! This is how they cheated!!! nt Ilsa Jun 2020 #11

Nothing in this story indicates a problem with the tests. nt. Mariana Jun 2020 #8

Interesting Freddie Jun 2020 #3

It depends Hav Jun 2020 #4

In this story, they are deliberately sabotaging the tests. Mariana Jun 2020 #9

Looks like it Hav Jun 2020 #10

This is likely happening elsewhere pandr32 Jun 2020 #5