#covid #medicine
Specificity (of a medical test) = how many negatives are correctly identified as negative
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Mark Wadsworth: Is there really a dramatic rise in Covid-19 cases? they were +ve when the test was -ve and vice-versa. 23 September 2020 at 14:56 Mark Wadsworth said... AC, I looked this up Sensitivity = how many positives are correctly identified as positive <span>Specificity = how many negatives are correctly identified as negative From what I've read, the specificity something like 99% because it identifies dead/dormant virus remnants. So if they test 1,000 people who are all negative, it will throw up 10 positiv Summary
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