[ExI] puzzling

[Dan TheBookMan]

On Mon, Oct 19, 2020 at 12:55 AM spike jones via extropy-chat
<extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
> > On Behalf Of Dan TheBookMan via extropy-chat
>>…As for other comments, yeah, there are different approaches to evaluating
>> incidents and collecting data, but that's not necessarily a 4th Amendment or
>> privacy issue.  Regards,  Dan
>
> Hi Dan,
>
> The reason privacy plays a part here is that we don’t know how many times a
> person takes a test.  If they are free, a prole might take the test multiple times
> hoping to get a negative so she can go back to work, then be recorded as a new
> case each time.

Are you sure about that? Because that can work both ways. Someone
might get multiple negative tests and are you sure those aren't
counted into the mix skewing them toward fewer cases or toward a lower
ratio of negative to positive test results? This might, of course,
balance out, but maybe there's a systematic bias in one direction.

I'm not just guessing here on overcounting negative tests. There was a
local story on just this here in June:

https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/health/washington-states-coronavirus-testing-data-has-been-wrong-for-nearly-a-month/

Regards,

Dan
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