Discussion about this post

User's avatar
CLARISSE's avatar

Someone in your video asked a question as to whether having a higher false positive rate would be better to contain the spread of the virus. The danger there is that the patient may be ill with something that is not caused by SARS COV2, but gets a false positive test. The patient is then treated for Covid (and not the real illness), which may lead to the worsening or death of the patient. (and which brings up the question of iatrogenic cause of death of SARS COV2 positive patients). I think we should aim for an accurate test rather than a test that will result in the most containment.

Expand full comment
Dennis D. Duffy's avatar

As a paying subscriber and reader, I have been going back to read your older stuff here on your substack.

This article was interesting and reminded me of this article: Americans Are Wildly Misinformed about the Risk of Hospitalization from COVID-19, Survey Shows. Here’s Why:

https://fee.org/articles/americans-are-wildly-misinformed-about-the-risk-of-hospitalization-from-covid-19-survey-shows-here-s-why/

It sounds like we are suffering from the "Huge Pinky Toe Epidemic" caused by the media fear pandering.

Expand full comment
2 more comments...

No posts