Comments on: The data you get when you go out and test people without symptoms is different from the data you get when you only test those who show up in a hospital https://www.isegoria.net/2020/05/the-data-you-get-when-you-go-out-and-test-people-without-symptoms-is-different-from-the-data-you-get-when-you-only-test-those-who-show-up-in-a-hospital/ From the ancient Greek for equality in freedom of speech; an eclectic mix of thoughts, large and small Wed, 13 May 2026 19:08:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 By: Sam J. https://www.isegoria.net/2020/05/the-data-you-get-when-you-go-out-and-test-people-without-symptoms-is-different-from-the-data-you-get-when-you-only-test-those-who-show-up-in-a-hospital/comment-page-1/#comment-3160083 Sam J. Mon, 11 May 2020 15:32:15 +0000 https://www.isegoria.net/?p=46635#comment-3160083 I don’t believe these test are of much value at all. They have masses of false positives and sometimes they don’t identify accurately when someone does have corona.

The President of Tanzania sent in test of goats and the fruit paw paw and got positive result back.

]]> By: Andy https://www.isegoria.net/2020/05/the-data-you-get-when-you-go-out-and-test-people-without-symptoms-is-different-from-the-data-you-get-when-you-only-test-those-who-show-up-in-a-hospital/comment-page-1/#comment-3159891 Andy Mon, 11 May 2020 11:44:46 +0000 https://www.isegoria.net/?p=46635#comment-3159891 Why is there no consensus on what treatment to give if one is tested positive with such testing (as and when it will be done nationwide as being talked about )

]]> By: Rishabh https://www.isegoria.net/2020/05/the-data-you-get-when-you-go-out-and-test-people-without-symptoms-is-different-from-the-data-you-get-when-you-only-test-those-who-show-up-in-a-hospital/comment-page-1/#comment-3159860 Rishabh Mon, 11 May 2020 11:15:20 +0000 https://www.isegoria.net/?p=46635#comment-3159860 It seems these 2% currently have the virus? I am guessing these were not antibody tests and not an indication of how many people have had the virus in the past. Is my understanding correct?

]]> By: Jack https://www.isegoria.net/2020/05/the-data-you-get-when-you-go-out-and-test-people-without-symptoms-is-different-from-the-data-you-get-when-you-only-test-those-who-show-up-in-a-hospital/comment-page-1/#comment-3158663 Jack Sun, 10 May 2020 14:03:30 +0000 https://www.isegoria.net/?p=46635#comment-3158663 What is hard about the concept of “representative sample”? Completely off topic but are presidential polls conducted this way, it would sure explain a lot.

]]> By: Alistair https://www.isegoria.net/2020/05/the-data-you-get-when-you-go-out-and-test-people-without-symptoms-is-different-from-the-data-you-get-when-you-only-test-those-who-show-up-in-a-hospital/comment-page-1/#comment-3158316 Alistair Sun, 10 May 2020 07:52:51 +0000 https://www.isegoria.net/?p=46635#comment-3158316 Big question here: how many of the asymptomatic will go on to be symptomatic? i.e. we’ve just caught them early. And how many will never show symptoms? This is why we really need a longitudinal study of cases.

The overall infection rate is low. Urgh. With street testing, could they have missed sick people who are isolated? With a long illness and recovery window you have to allow for that.

Otherwise…good. Nice to see a lot of the “commonsense” hypotheses being tentatively upheld.

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