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amelius on May 13, 2016 | parent | context | favorite | on: We Don’t Need More Blood Tests

> which means that only 27% of positive test results are right

The negative test results are still right 99.8% of the time.

pessimizer on May 14, 2016 [–]

But throwing the blood sample in the trash and just saying "You don't have it" is right 98% of the time. Would you support that test? Because I'm willing to charge you for it.

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