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		michaelt on Jan 12, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: U.S. to require negative Covid-19 tests for intern... Well, he did take two rapid tests, which both produced false negatives. What this tells us about false negatives depends on details he didn't mention, about how correlated the two tests were. Obviously, it was the same person each time - but was it the same day? Same test brand? Same clinic? Same tester?

thaumasiotes on Jan 13, 2021 [–]

> Well, he did take two rapid tests, which both produced false negatives.

That wasn't the impression I got; I understood him to say he took the same test twice. "Same test brand", as you put it.

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