Oxford university:
"we will be able to offer two lateral flow tests to all students in 8th week so that you can safely travel home for Christmas confident that you will not be endangering the health of your family and friends. "
I do not agree with the wording of this statement
"we will be able to offer two lateral flow tests to all students in 8th week so that you can safely travel home for Christmas confident that you will not be endangering the health of your family and friends. "
I do not agree with the wording of this statement
First, these are lateral flow tests meaning a false negative rate of say 3 out of 4 - so if you have the virus, it will detect this three out of four times...
Also, these are only results *on the day of the test*.
It *does not* mean you are not going to be infecious when you return home
It *does not* mean you are not going to be infecious when you return home
Therefore the statement
'[you can be] confident that you will not be endangering the health of your family and friends' needs to be interpreted with caution.
You can be more confident, but you can't be confident that you won't infect your family and friends when you return home
'[you can be] confident that you will not be endangering the health of your family and friends' needs to be interpreted with caution.
You can be more confident, but you can't be confident that you won't infect your family and friends when you return home
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