Peter Attia· MD
as a general rule as a test becomes more sensitive it becomes less specific and vice-versa
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The headline is broadly defensible, but the qualifications matter. Effect sizes vary by population, the strongest claims rest on shorter trials, and credible voices push back on how it's typically framed.
as a general rule as a test becomes more sensitive it becomes less specific and vice-versa
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so if you again play with these numbers you'll see that as you drive up specificity you drive down the false positives a 99% specific test will have only 1% false positives where is a 99% sensitivity test we'll only have 10% false negatives