Saturday, September 26, 2020

WHEN YOU CAN’T TRUST THE NUMBERS (CONT’D)

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"WHEN YOU CAN’T TRUST THE NUMBERS (CONT’D): 
Researchers find wide variance in accuracy of COVID-19 antibody tests. 
“The 10 tests evaluated in the study proved between 61% and 87% accurate at correctly identifying blood samples as positive for antibodies for the new coronavirus, the data showed. 
The same tests were between 82% and 100% accurate at identifying samples negative for antibodies, the researchers said.” 
To be fair, most medical tests are a lot less accurate than people tend to assume.--Posted by 

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