It is almost all false negatives with the current PCR nasopharyngeal seab, die to technique. False positives are rare.
On Wed, Aug 12, 2020, 9:43 AM Curt Raymond via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Neither appeals particularly, with false negative you expose others, with > false positive you're stuck in quarantine for 2 weeks without the benefit > of at least hopefully getting anti-bodies. > -Curt > > On Wednesday, August 12, 2020, 12:37:13 PM EDT, Andrew Strasfogel < > astrasfo...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I've booked my flight to Moscow already.NOT. > I wonder if the inaccuracy of the cheap daily means false ++ or false -- > results. It makes a huge difference. > > On Wed, Aug 12, 2020 at 12:30 PM Curt Raymond via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > Its not the stupidest idea I've seen for sure but IIRC the cheap/fast > tests right now are only like 80% accurate. I guess its better than nothing > but not by a lot. Even if it were, say $1/test that would be a big cost for > a school with hundreds of students to test on a daily basis. > I'm nervous of Russia's release of a vaccine. It'll be interesting to see > what happens. I suspect China is right behind and will be releasing > something in a month or two. > > -Curt > > On Wednesday, August 12, 2020, 12:22:23 PM EDT, Andrew Strasfogel via > Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > Cheap, frequent COVID tests could be ‘akin to vaccine,’ professor says. > > "Harvard epidemiologist and expert in disease testing is calling for a > shift in strategy toward a cheap, daily, do-it-yourself test that he says > can be as effective as a vaccine at interrupting coronavirus transmission — > and is currently the only viable option for a quick return to an > approximation of normal life. > > “These are our hope,” said Michal Mina > <https://ccdd.hsph.harvard.edu/people/michael-mina/>, assistant professor > of epidemiology at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health > <http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/> and Brigham and Women’s Hospital > <http://www.brighamandwomens.org/>. “We don’t have anything tomorrow, > other > than shutting down the economy and keeping schools closed.” > > As the pandemic’s health, economic, and educational toll mounts, Mina, a > member of the Harvard Chan School’s Center for Communicable Disease > Dynamics, <https://ccdd.hsph.harvard.edu/> said the paper-strip tests have > already been developed and their shotgun approach to testing — cheap and > widespread — provides a way back to the workplace, classroom, and other > venues." > > > https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2020/08/cheap-daily-covid-tests-could-be-akin-to-vaccine/?utm_source=SilverpopMailing&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Daily%20Gazette%2020200812%20(1) > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
