Then why doesn't he just say that
I must be misreading it then! If 1 in 500 show you have the antibody but, in fact, you don¨t, then, extrapolated across 68 million, we could have 136000 false results? How could 1 in 500 be classified as 100%? I thought the antibody test was a huge game-changer, and if we had a ¨100%¨ test, it¨d be all over the news.
What Karen said, for stats, but not sure any test can be really 100%, but if we can 99.8% the. It will be useful enough to take the risk of using it and hope the false positives are far enough apart to prevent any spread if they go on to catch it after believing they had antibodies.I must be misreading it then! If 1 in 500 show you have the antibody but, in fact, you don¨t, then, extrapolated across 68 million, we could have 136000 false results? How could 1 in 500 be classified as 100%? I thought the antibody test was a huge game-changer, and if we had a ¨100%¨ test, it¨d be all over the news.
What Karen said, for stats, but not sure any test can be really 100%, but if we can 99.8% the. It will be useful enough to take the risk of using it and hope the false positives are far enough apart to prevent any spread if they go on to catch it after believing they had antibodies.
Another planet or they never go on the tube
Yep it’s about 25% of the staff, but they are topping up their salaries to full pay. Think it’s on the TFL website somewhere.
Knew a while ago though because up until last week one of the team was supporting TfL at their office in Stratford on the four lines modernisation project so heard it first hand.
We did buy a load around a million I think that weren't accurate enough for NHS but good enough for indicitive purposes word was they were going to be used to gain an anonymous idea of antibody spread in a few areas.well that’s a better test than the one we are using now which basically is fuck all
There is a big difference between 98% specificity and 1 in 500 if you are doing the test on yourself.The stuff i was reading last night actually classed it as 98%. But the article after, was explaining that in most cases it is accurate. It has been people who have had SARs/Coronavirus that causes the problems.
Well quite. But if the trains that are running are packed then TfL needs to sort out it's timetable.
We did buy a load around a million I think that weren't accurate enough for NHS but good enough for indicitive purposes word was they were going to be used to gain an anonymous idea of antibody spread in a few areas.
No idea! Unlike a politician to fudge round a point hey? Perhaps he thought there would be a sort of backlash ? I don't think they are explaining things very well.Then why doesn't he just say that
whilst no scientist in the world will commit to immunity they would be mad even if they have had it,i am proceeding like I have not had it,i am taking no chancesLet's face it, you'd have to either (a) have had the disease and have recovered, or (b) be absolutely off your trolly to even consider going on the tube right now. It really is a complete no go area as far as anyone with an ounce of sense is concerned.
Ooh good idea,wonder what hancock would say to thatWhat you all complaining about just invite your mum round to clean your house, two birds one stone, piece of piss this leadership lark.
Isn¨t a bad test worse than no test though? Especially if accuracy, as Cityfan points out, could drop to 60%? Potentially thousands waltzing around thinking they¨ŕe now immune, when they wouldn¨t be.well that’s a better test than the one we are using now which basically is fuck all
Isn¨t a bad test worse than no test though? Especially if accuracy, as Cityfan points out, could drop to 60%? Potentially thousands waltzing around thinking they¨ŕe now immune, when they wouldn¨t be.
Just got back from a brief trip to the local co-op. It's like people think this is all over. More people in the shop than previous weeks, very little social distancing, kids in the shop as well and people dawdling on the aisle
On a wider topic, why do people where masks in cars and single use gloves for more than one task i.e in the car, getting a trolley then picking up goods etc.?