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Why do medical tests always have error rates? (johndcook.com)
2 points by alexmolas 5 months ago | hide | past | favorite | 2 comments



> Most people implicitly assume medical tests are infallible. If they test positive for X, they assume they have X.

Reaction I: It's not just medical tests that have error rates.

Reaction II: Most of the reason for people implicitly assuming is that they were explicitly "educated" by Hollywood.


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