No mention on the Government's primary PR outlet's 6 o'clock broadcast, unsurprising now.
It is not like a false negative on an early cancer test, where the treatment would be different.
Nevertheless it can still result in harm.
it is for the health of the population.
And those 100 people had how many contacts each that have to be traced retrospectively creating additional work? And besides, the government is lagging behind their own swabbing and testing targets, and members of at the risk might have been infected or denied timely treatment.100 people were given the wrong result out of thousands who were tested?
I don't agree. Constitutionally we treat individuals, all of them, equally; the notion of treating citizens as herds is, I believe, a British Conservative notion.And don't forget the main purpose of this test is not for the health of the individual, it is for the health of the population.
A bit puzzled here Brendan. I thought the idea of testing was to identify those in need of treatment and isolation in the event of a positive test, and continued self-isolation and social distancing if testing proved negative.It is not like a false negative on an early cancer test, where the treatment would be different.
A bit puzzled here Brendan. I thought the idea of testing was to identify those in need of treatment and isolation in the event of a positive test, and continued self-isolation and social distancing if testing proved negative.
If I had been told 3 weeks ago that I did not have Covid, I should still self isolate as I might have become infected since the test was done.
And those 100 people had how many contacts each that have to be traced retrospectively creating additional work?
There's a considerable false-negative element to these tests
@Leo, do you know what the false negative rate is?
There's a considerable false-negative element to these tests, so all those being tested were being told to isolate as if they had it.
This is not correct Leo. In some cases healthcare workers can return to work two days after symptoms if they have tested negative.
How did the person reading the results get confused with the words "Yes" or "No"?
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