> _Worth keeping that in mind when your doctor uncriticially tries to prescribe you something for a relatively rare disease because a measurement was positive._
yes and yet this is slightly overgeneralizing
what you have to keep in mind specifically is that these two things, prevalence in to he population and false positives (and negatives!) do _exist_ and that you should inform yourself about them and factor that into your decision making
a PCR COVID test for example is something you don't argue with. and the quick tests on the other hand came in widely different qualities.
yes and yet this is slightly overgeneralizing
what you have to keep in mind specifically is that these two things, prevalence in to he population and false positives (and negatives!) do _exist_ and that you should inform yourself about them and factor that into your decision making
a PCR COVID test for example is something you don't argue with. and the quick tests on the other hand came in widely different qualities.