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Does anyone know what the sensitivity and specificity (or PPV and NPV) are for the COVID-19 tests being used in South Africa?
Not a clue. But there is a set of Covid-19 Technical Resource documents on the NICD site that may have an answer for you?
Or, with your journo credentials in hand, might be easier to reach out to them directly?
Sinenhlanhla Jimoh
Senior Communications Manager
E-mail: [email protected]
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Thanks, yeah… I was hoping for something faster than a media query. They are all tied up in media briefings and interviews at the moment.
I just found an interesting technical document in that batch… it looks like a study from the EU that says that clinical verification of sensitivity and specificity hasn’t been great.
Maybe that’s as good as I’m going to get for my article, but I’ll wait a bit for Sinenhlanhla to get back to me.
Ninja edit: I’ve e-mailed Lancet as well. Be interesting to hear what they say.
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Can’t find the source right now, but the quote that really hit home for me went something like:
It is infinitely better to overreact and then wonder if you did, than to underreact and find out that you did.
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Right and since we have no natural immune to this its better to over react.
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This video wins the Internet today. Definitely better than “My naam is Adrianus”.
Well there’s being extremely cautious and closing schools early and banning gatherings of large people, and then there’s being a wannabe prepper and buying out all of Makro’s stock. 
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Scroll towards the end
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paywall on the business insider…at least for me
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If you’re quick, click on ‘reader mode’ and you’ll bypass the paywall
That Spain thing feels so dystopian…
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This is the part that scares me more
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Its super pathetic. Like does this person really think the virus will be o wait you are black sorry cant infect you, I only target white people and Asians. Like i cant even.
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I just love the fact that every company we normally supply puts in a now massive order for spirits. Like this stuff has been going on for ages and you woke up now
If you cannot get sanitiser spray, make one using Vodka 
Apparently it works but it is pretty expensive methinks
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Ive mixed methylated spirits with Propylene Glycol, Water and some lavender oil for mine
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Jst make sure is nore than 60% alchol in ot if you do.
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OT: Reminds me of a lady I know. Her VCR needed cleaning so the manual told her to clean the head with alcohol. She used cane. I don’t think the VCR ever worked again after that.
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