Ontario saw 700 new cases Monday but the province's top doctor admits that 36% of them could be false positives. That and other context needed as most media only focus on case numbers. Read & RT #onpoli #COVID19Ontariohttps://torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/lilley-big-covid-numbers-need-context …
-
-
Replying to @brianlilley
Uh, I feel like
@deonandan needs to weigh in here15 replies 1 retweet 17 likes -
This Tweet is unavailable.
-
This Tweet is unavailable.
-
This Tweet is unavailable.
-
This Tweet is unavailable.
-
This Tweet is unavailable.
-
I'd agree with that. For the past few weeks in Ontario that has not been the case. Some assessment centres say that as many as 70% of people presenting for testing had no symptoms. Thus my question to Dr. Williams. Comments have been made about false + as recently as last week.
1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
I think the testing from ONS England gives some perspective here - 220,000 tests and 159 positives means that in the sample the maximum false positive rate (or 1-specificity) is 0.07%
2 replies 0 retweets 2 likes -
This Tweet is unavailable.
From my understanding the protocol varies a bit from lab to lab, but generally I've been told that any result that comes back +ve after more than ~30 cycles is rerun to confirm, and most of them are discussed with the pathologist and referring Dr
Loading seems to be taking a while.
Twitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup. Try again or visit Twitter Status for more information.