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Re:Machine learning’s crumbling foundations by xyzzy21 on Sunday August 22, 2021 @05:43PM (#28269938)
Sadly PCR tests for COVID also test positive for flu and half a dozen other causes. That's why CDC/FDA are seeking proposals for a new test that actually works!

https://www.cdc.gov/csels/dls/locs/2021/07-21-2021-lab-alert...

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Re:Machine learning’s crumbling foundations by maxerickson on Sunday August 22, 2021 @05:47PM (#28269974)
You've fallen for the internet. Please restart and try again.

https://www.reuters.com/article/factcheck-covid19-pcr-test-i...

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Re:Machine learning’s crumbling foundations by nerdponx on Sunday August 22, 2021 @06:29PM (#28270317)
Sigh. The deniers and antivaxers will have made up their minds already, and this will just be perceived as part of the mass media coverup. It's hopeless.
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Re:Machine learning’s crumbling foundations by ramchip on Sunday August 22, 2021 @06:25PM (#28270284)
You've been repeating this, but it doesn't seem to be true...

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28262833

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Re:Machine learning’s crumbling foundations by convnet on Sunday August 22, 2021 @11:01PM (#28271906)
That is simply false on a basic level. That notice by the CDC says the EXACT OPPOSITE of your comment. They're recommending that labs switch to a multiplex test that can screen for both flu and covid at the same time because PCR only detects SARS CoV 2.
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Re:Machine learning’s crumbling foundations by verygoodname on Monday August 23, 2021 @02:34AM (#28272871)
Note: the "multiplex test" is most likely still a PCR test (just 'multiplex PCR' instead of 'single-probe PCR'), so where you say "PCR only detects SARS CoV 2" it should say "the currently-used PCR test only detects SARS CoV 2".
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