Replies to post #231262 on Biotech Values

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Re: Stanford (Santa Clara County) study

The specificity issue (and other study-design problems) are addressed in #msg-155114610.

If the thread linked in #msg-155114610 is too long, a pithier description of the problem can be found at:

If you have a test with a >1% false positive rate, then you cannot know if the true rate in your population is 0.01%, 0.1% or 1%

You are trying to measure something with an instrument that lacks resolution. It's like measuring the speed of light with a pocket watch

— Luis Pedro Coelho (@luispedrocoelho) April 19, 2020