Nate Silver

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Nate Silver @NateSilver538

The test used by NYC claims to have 93% specificity = a 7% false negative rate. That's a nontrivial problem. It may partly counteract the issue with false positives or even outweigh it, depending on the false positive rate and the true rate of infection. https://t.co/MUE08IzKT1 — PolitiTweet.org

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Nate Silver @NateSilver538

However, this should be a less of a problem in places that have had a medium-to-bad epidemic; say, Belgium or London—or certainly NYC. Studies in those places should be more reliable, therefore. Further, there is *also* the issue of false negatives. — PolitiTweet.org

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I've also seen some tests that produce a third, "borderline" category instead of just positive and negative. It just goes to show that these tests are not exact & to some extent you face a trade-off between false positives and false negatives. https://t.co/hr3TBdaBAi — PolitiTweet.org

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