Recent news reports have found that, despite high vaccination rates, around 40% of new positive COVID tests are found in a particular group of vaccinated individuals. How might Bayes' Law and the law of total probability be useful in thinking about these results?
Recent news reports have found that, despite high vaccination rates, around 40% of new positive COVID tests are found in a particular group of vaccinated individuals. How might Bayes' Law and the law of total probability be useful in thinking about these results?
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around 40% of new positive COVID tests are found in a particular group
of vaccinated individuals. How might Bayes' Law and the law of total
probability be useful in thinking about these results?
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