E10: COVID Testing

Statistically Insignificant

We investigate COVID tests as an example of hypothesis testing, talk about the ways that tests go wrong, and look at the implications for people in the pandemic. In the mailbag segment we talk about the comparative risk of lower hospitalistion rate versus a more infectious strain.

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References:

Newcombe, J. and Braye, S. (2021) 'Sensitivity, specificity, positive and negative predictive values', NSW Government Health Pathology, accessed 22nd Dec 2021, https://www.pathology.health.nsw.gov.au/covid-19-info/sensitivity-and-specificity

Thereaputic Goods Administration (2021) 'COVID-19 rapid antigen self-tests that are approved in Australia', Department of Health, accessed 22nd Dec 2021, https://www.tga.gov.au/covid-19-rapid-antigen-self-tests-are-approved-australia

The video version of this episode is at https://youtu.be/UZbmXQpN_Cw

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