Testing

A lot has been made about testing for COVID-19 but it is far from straightforward. There are many publicly acknowledged problems with testing procedures and accuracy of the results. Statistician Nate Silver writes, numbers are meaningless unless you understand how they’re counted.

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Covid19 Death Figures “A Substantial Over-Estimate” – Off-Guardian

Post author By EvidenceNotFear
Post date 12 April 2020

Covid19 Death Figures “A Substantial Over-Estimate”

Tags Errors, Misinformation, Statistics, Testing

How deadly is the coronavirus? It’s still far from clear – The Spectator

Post author By EvidenceNotFear
Post date 11 April 2020

https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/The-evidence-on-Covid-19-is-not-as-clear-as-we-think

Tags COVID-19, Dr. John Lee, Errors, Statistics, Testing

False positives for test screening of COVID19 infected individuals – NIH

Post author By EvidenceNotFear
Post date 11 April 2020

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32133832

Tags COVID-19, Errors, Screening, Testing