Write a brief (three to five sentences) reply that explains the nature of binary classification tests, and your interpretation of the results of the post-market validation study.
) A citizen has posted the following on the Department’s social media page:
“I see that my government has wasted my money on COVID-19 tests that give the wrong results, and I am going to pay double with forced isolation even when I am not sick. You paid big money for COVID-19 tests from the Beijing Genomics Institure (BGI) that give false positives. Your own scientists figured out (after the tests were approved) that the BGI tests give false positives but the reference tests do not. If I get a false positive result I have to be isolated from everyone—I miss work, can’t pick the kids up from school, and can’t meet that special someone at the local coffee shop—even though there is nothing wrong with me. I thought tests were supposed to give the right answers. Why did you spend my money on these tests that are worse than useless?”
Write a brief (three to five sentences) reply that explains the nature of binary classification tests, and your interpretation of the results of the post-market validation study.
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