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Re:Half of women will get a false positive 3D mammogram, stu... by majormajor on Friday March 25, 2022 @01:21PM (#30804839)
I'm not sure 99% is considered the gold standard you think it is. Sure, a lot of our tests can't even do that well, but we know that 99% isn't a lot for large populations. We even have jargon like "five nines", "six sigma" around the fact that 99% isn't a lot.
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