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In response to "Yes, but there are 14 tests on the market. Those 3 aren't the only ones being used. Also, even those 3 gave false negatives at least 10% of the time" by pmb

These are anti body tests. Undercounting just means people will not know they’re immune which is a problem that leads to more safety not less

Posted by JackDawson (aka dawson) May 10 '20, 14:57

This is a weird argument to be having

The very article you link supports exactly what I said

I’m sure that as with everything else scientific some models are not as good as others

But if scientists are telling us there exists even ONE test that is over 99pct accurate in detecting antibodies I choose to rely on those scientists and not look for some other sign of trouble

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You're ignoring the other 11 tests that exist. It's great that there are accurate ones. Those are not the only ones being used at this point. - pmb May 10, 15:01 5
- I’m not ignoring them and I’m not saying the effective ones are available widely. All I’m saying is that the tests that do work suggest that the - JackDawson May 10, 17:36 2
  - Who was disputing that? -- nm - pmb May 10, 18:07
  - sort of kind of? you can model all of this. large-scale studies in places where they're estimated to be getting almost all symptomatic cases - mafic May 10, 18:07
- On the flip side, the first thing that I've found hopeful in a while was a Dr. on George Stephonopolous' show today who expects to begin clinical - pmb May 10, 15:13 1
  - nice -- nm - mud May 10, 15:19

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These are anti body tests. Undercounting just means people will not know they’re immune which is a problem that leads to more safety not less

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