COVID-19 — Coronavirus

[BlueAnorak]

https://www.medusa19.com/

Here we go, 10 minute saliva test with 95% accuracy incoming. Could be the key to opening up the country.

95% accuracy is pretty shit unless there are No false positives.
The most important thing is the specicivity figure. How much virus have you got to have test positive? The higher the number the better.

 

[kaz7]

no chance she'll admit to being in the wrong, the constant negative doom seems a hobby of hers

you can get fucked with this childish digging every single day ,IGNORE ME

 

[True_Blue69]

95% accuracy is pretty shit unless there are No false positives.
The most important thing is the specicivity figure. How much virus have you got to have test positive? The higher the number the better.

95% specifity 94% sensitivity 95% accuracy and also very cheap by all accounts.

 

[cleavers]

Whereas Lodon seems to account for a lot of the rise over the last 2 days.

Probably due to the recent heat pushing people indoors, just had 7 days above 30C, which hasn't happend in over 40 years, so people were seeking air conditioning, it's cooler for the next few days (but possibly wet), so it will be interesting if people head out again, and the numbers fall back there.

 

[MillionMilesAway]

True.

That’s if the accuracy thresholds are actually high enough not to require an unreasonable amount of verification testing, though.

That's what I was thinking - if it's just not registering, multiple tests won't fix it.

 

[kaz7]

We don't know it's a winter virus, the prevalence in hot countries and states suggest it may well not be.

Brazil are suffering because they are piled in on each other mainly,it is a coronavirus,a respiratory virus,it will be prevalent in winter,the CDC expect bigger problems than we have already had,make of that what you will

 

[kaz7]

95% specifity 94% sensitivity 95% accuracy and also very cheap by all accounts.

You said this in april,that is not good enough

 

[cleavers]

They are also doing some interesting stuff around waste water testing.

They've found Covid in sewage taken in France and Spain in December already, it was only tested in June though.

 

[Healdplace]

GM scoreboard (two day totals v last two day totals shown first)

Bolton 25 - down from 28. 299 over month. 82 past week. 53 last 4 days. Pop score 746

Bury 24 - up from 12. 162 over month. 49 past week. 36 last 4 days. Pop score 757

Manchester 93 - up from 77. 795 over month (new record). 260 past week (new record) 170 last 4 days. Pop score 673

Oldham 69 - down from 109. 699 over month. 265 past week (new GM high). 178 last 4 days (record). Pop score 1083. Only Leicester and Blackburn are worse and Oldham is catching Blackburn.

Rochdale 28 - down from 32. 433 over month. 104 past week. 60 last 4 days. Pop score 921.

Salford 24 - down from 36. 287 over month. 89 past week. 60 last 4 days. Pop score 625. Best in GM. For now. Climbing.

Stockport 22 - up from 17. 254 over month. 77 past week. 39 last 4 days. Pop score 644.

Tameside 21 - down from 23. 244 over month. 81 past week. 44 last 4 days. Pop score 781.

Trafford 16 - down from 24. 168 past 2 weeks. 65 past week. 40 last 4 days. Pop score 650.

Wigan 13 - up from 10. 113 over month. 33 past week. 23 last 4 days. Pop score 681.

 

[True_Blue69]

You said this in april,that is not good enough

I know you're such an expert so I am surprised that you aren't aware that these types of tests take a while to be validated. That has just gone on the distributers website so obviously close to release