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Thread: Abbott Labs Covid-19 Test 50% False Negatives?

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    Abbott Labs Covid-19 Test 50% False Negatives?

    According to this alert yesterday, the FDA is warning that what has been promoted as the premier “quick” test may be 50% inaccurate — in other words worse than worthless if people take to heart a false negative result.

    https://www.forbes.com/sites/rachels.../#4d7e61ca229b
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    the FDA is warning that what has been promoted as the premier “quick” test may be 50% inaccurate — in other words worse than worthless
    Best not to mention the inconvenient fact that the self professed smartest man in the land is the promoter extraordinaire. If he is so damn smart you'd think he'd keep his mouth shut on occasion.
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    OK if its maybe negative or positive isn't that good as tossing a coin?
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    You are right on Billy----and with that comment you have just surpassed the intellectual limits of your boy

    Maybe a nice note from you Billy explaining that would help him out
    "A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity, an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty” ---Sir Winston Churchill
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    Are you sure the math works on that? I believe you have certainty that 50% of the tests produce correct results. The coin toss analogy would apply to the remaining 50%?
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