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| From | Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.programming |
| Subject | Re: Covid test regime algorithm |
| Date | 2021-01-08 16:03 +0000 |
| Organization | Fix this later |
| Message-ID | <rt9vp2$f40$1@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
| References | <c4b26223-93af-4ac7-a7b0-69056c3f82d4n@googlegroups.com> |
On 08/01/2021 12:54, Malcolm McLean wrote: > When testing large numbers of people for Covid, and expected cases are fairly low, you can reduce the number of test required by pooling samples. You then take the pools which test positive and do further tests to identify the posiitve patients. Pools which test negative are known to have no positive cases. With false negative rates of anything up to 25% (ref: <https://www.bmj.com/content/371/bmj.m4851/rr-0>), that's a somewhat optimistic claim. -- Richard Heathfield Email: rjh at cpax dot org dot uk "Usenet is a strange place" - dmr 29 July 1999 Sig line 4 vacant - apply within
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Covid test regime algorithm Malcolm McLean <malcolm.arthur.mclean@gmail.com> - 2021-01-08 04:54 -0800
Re: Covid test regime algorithm David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2021-01-08 16:39 +0100
Re: Covid test regime algorithm Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2021-01-08 16:03 +0000
Re: Covid test regime algorithm David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2021-01-08 18:41 +0100
Re: Covid test regime algorithm Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2021-01-08 19:01 +0000
Re: Covid test regime algorithm David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2021-01-08 20:14 +0100
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