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To: Focault's Pendulum

That isn’t how the tests are performed. Periodically a test will generate a positive where it hasn’t in the past for a lot of different reasons. False positives are inherent to the system, just as false negatives are.

There should probably be a better system to dispute positive samples. I can see how that would make you bitter at the process.


24 posted on 09/23/2012 7:23:54 PM PDT by ican'tbelieveit (School is prison for children who have commited the crime of being born. (attr: St_Thomas_Aquinas))
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To: ican'tbelieveit
That isn’t how the tests are performed. Periodically a test will generate a positive where it hasn’t in the past for a lot of different reasons. False positives are inherent to the system, just as false negatives are

I tested positive for a controlled narcotic. I take a beta blocker. How could you get a false positive from that?

26 posted on 09/23/2012 7:30:04 PM PDT by Focault's Pendulum (Obama A man without an American mission.)
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