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Skybird · 05-14-20, 02:14 PM

A quick test used for testing - amongst others - staff at the WH, seems to have a very high error rate. Its being reported that depending on the way the test is apllicated (with wet or dry sticks) the error rate in negative results (subject appears to be healthy) is either around 35% or around 50%.

35 and 50% margin of error. Why wasting money for this...? A test with such values is of zero use. But the company selling it (and being advertised by the Donaldinarium on repeated occasions) makes big money with it.

Antibody tests have principle issues that you cannot really work around , since antibodies get produced by the infected body after not before - I seem to recall - 7-9 days. You can be tested for several days in the incubation phase with a negative result - although you are ill, and infectous. Many praise them as the next big thing in battling Covid-19. My view of these tests is muted. And I do not even talk about the principally low precision/correct recogniution rate of these tests. Error rates of 30% and more render medical tests useless, imo. Its way too high a margin of error.

Meanwhile the WHO says that due to the aggressivness of the spreading of this voirus iut may not ever go away completgley. I agree. We need to learn ways of adapting to it and dealing and living with it.

Didnt I say from very early on that the old world is gone and that we will not get back the old ways and lives of ours? Slowly this sinks into some people's minds. Adapting means: behavior styles and habits changing. Maybe drugs for treatment. Maybe a vaccine. The latter two points are hoped for - but certain they are not. Some of these changes I like. People cleaning their sweaty hands on mine for a greeting, or trying to hug and kiss me, will be a thing of the past. VERY NICE. People trying to close social distances when standing together until boith boidies almost touch, arer a thign fo the past, too, and if there is a violator I have every excuse to push him back in all clearness without being accused of an impoliteness - EVEN BETTER. Some more positive things on my mind as well. Its not all bad. But maybe thats just me and my living style.

05-14-20, 02:14 PM	#3528
Skybird Soaring Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the mental asylum named Germany Posts: 42,778 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	A quick test used for testing - amongst others - staff at the WH, seems to have a very high error rate. Its being reported that depending on the way the test is apllicated (with wet or dry sticks) the error rate in negative results (subject appears to be healthy) is either around 35% or around 50%. 35 and 50% margin of error. Why wasting money for this...? A test with such values is of zero use. But the company selling it (and being advertised by the Donaldinarium on repeated occasions) makes big money with it. Antibody tests have principle issues that you cannot really work around , since antibodies get produced by the infected body after not before - I seem to recall - 7-9 days. You can be tested for several days in the incubation phase with a negative result - although you are ill, and infectous. Many praise them as the next big thing in battling Covid-19. My view of these tests is muted. And I do not even talk about the principally low precision/correct recogniution rate of these tests. Error rates of 30% and more render medical tests useless, imo. Its way too high a margin of error. Meanwhile the WHO says that due to the aggressivness of the spreading of this voirus iut may not ever go away completgley. I agree. We need to learn ways of adapting to it and dealing and living with it. Didnt I say from very early on that the old world is gone and that we will not get back the old ways and lives of ours? Slowly this sinks into some people's minds. Adapting means: behavior styles and habits changing. Maybe drugs for treatment. Maybe a vaccine. The latter two points are hoped for - but certain they are not. Some of these changes I like. People cleaning their sweaty hands on mine for a greeting, or trying to hug and kiss me, will be a thing of the past. VERY NICE. People trying to close social distances when standing together until boith boidies almost touch, arer a thign fo the past, too, and if there is a violator I have every excuse to push him back in all clearness without being accused of an impoliteness - EVEN BETTER. Some more positive things on my mind as well. Its not all bad. But maybe thats just me and my living style. __________________ If you feel nuts, consult an expert. Last edited by Skybird; 05-14-20 at 02:23 PM.