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MartyLife

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Conspiritards unite!



Namaste
 

Yossarian

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but you realize that just because it happened to someone 'famous' it doesn't change the actual statistical odds of a false result?

how is the fact that it happened to governor change anything about the factual testing reliability?
It matters, if the "leader" of a state, suffers this testing fiasco. It's high profile and people will notice this particular case and lose trust in testing. I have little trust in testing nor a eventual vaccine at this point.
 

BJTT_Kiwi

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Jun 25, 2015
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NZ dream run is over.

4 confirmed community transmission cases from an unknown source.

Prime Minister currently making a live press conference at 21:30

NZ currently has no restrictions - this may change in the next few minutes.
 

BJTT_Kiwi

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Wow straight to level 3 for Auckland.

Fuck this shit.

Housebound unless essential worker.
This means schools closed as well.
 

BJTT_Kiwi

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Plus closed all restaurants, bars, shops other businesses that are not “essential”

only supermarkets, pharmacy, doctor and gas stations can open
 

ThatOneDude

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Shinkicker

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A single positive test that was a false positive I will never know. There's not typically follow up. The person goes and quarantines as per CDC timeline recommendations because we have so little testing available. they don't have symptoms because they're actually negative.
Just a side note. Sister tested negative. They still made her stay under quarantine because of her symptoms.

It was just pneumonia though, day 3 of antibiotics and she was like new. ?

Did you say false negatives aren't a problem?
 
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NZ dream run is over.

4 confirmed community transmission cases from an unknown source.

Prime Minister currently making a live press conference at 21:30

NZ currently has no restrictions - this may change in the next few minutes.
You just hit 100 days without any cases. Wow.

But you guys have been the best in the world at this (so far).

Good luck bruv.
 

Splinty

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how is the fact that it happened to governor change anything about the factual testing reliability?

Nothing about his situation is abnormal to my day-to-day testing experience. But I think trying to look at this in that way really sell short two important storylines

1> The fact that critical infrastructure like the governor and the rest of high-level political apparatus is not immune from bad testing Just highlights how ubiquitous in inadequate are strategies are

2> when I heard about this story, even with knowing the common testing strategies, It sounds like fuckery. Only finding stories that the initial test was rapid helped clarify what actually happened. And I can't and don't expect the average person to go digging around to learn about something they don't even know exist such as this testing style.

Tldr: The fact that it happened to a governor just amplifies the faults in the system