RE: PCR vs LFD - Government Document10 Mar 2021 15:41
Just had a quick look at the document, without trying to recreate the numbers:
* PCR test Sensitivity, at 94.8% for the best fit to the data, is better than I have often assumed. Months ago, I was reading that, because of the difficulty of taking Nasopharyngeal swabs, PCR test Sensitivity could be as low as 80%.
* LFD Specificity is excellent.
However, note the Innova test's Clinical Sensitivity, at 50.1%, is utterly miserable, see Tables 3 and 4 of the Government document. Surely this dreadful Sensitivity is also a huge take-away from the Government Document??
Talk about accenting the positive.
The affimer LFT will be much better!!
The Avacta Affimer LFT is THE test with Anterior Nasal.
But we know that don't we!!!
Test, test, test