I’m having a hard time pinning down exactly what the false-positive rate of COVID-19 PCR is, probably due to the variety of labs and test kits, but a lot of estimates I’ve seen have been higher than that.
That should make you update towards those estimates being faulty, because they can’t be true and not just round them down.
I don’t think the Berkeley department of health is as stupid as you propose. In cases where the test has a false-positive rate like that I would expect them to test positively tested people another time to make sure that they are actually positive.
That should make you update towards those estimates being faulty, because they can’t be true and not just round them down.
I don’t think the Berkeley department of health is as stupid as you propose. In cases where the test has a false-positive rate like that I would expect them to test positively tested people another time to make sure that they are actually positive.