pete 318 Posted May 20, 2020 Adrian Mariappa the Watford defender one of those 6 cases discovered yesterday in PL testing. Absolutely no symptoms but feels absolutely fine and fitter than ever after 3 months rest and fitness regime. Is he the luckiest or is it that the test was faulty he needs to be retested to confirm that he actually has the virus. If the tests cannot be relied upon to be completely accurate how can players trust their veracity. Haven't heard that the testers have carried out a confirmatory retest and would have felt they ought to confirm accuracy. No PL comment re any confirmatory retest again would have thought they would have insisted similarly to ease minds. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mr Angry 1,545 Posted May 20, 2020 How many diseases, conditions, or whatever do you think there are in the world for which a test is “completely accurate”? Absolutely none. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
keelansgrandad 6,679 Posted May 20, 2020 It is just part of the illusion that the football authorities know what they are doing. In fact it is organised chaos. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wacky Waving Inflatable Arm Flailing Tube Man 3,777 Posted May 20, 2020 (edited) Most players who tested positive seem to have been asymptomatic. I don't think it means the tests were faulty, I think it's more a case of that a lot of people have probably contracted a very mild form of the virus and didn't even know. Paolo Dybala for example showed no symptoms and returned several positive tests for over a month. Edited May 20, 2020 by Wacky Waving Inflatable Arm Flailing Tube Man 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Bristol Nest 513 Posted May 20, 2020 False negatives are the problem not positives. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cornish sam 944 Posted May 20, 2020 On twtd there is a hospital doctor who keeps posting about his experiences on the front line. They are well worth a read and a mixture of depressing and scary but do give a real insight and appreciation for what it has been like for NHS staff and why we shouldn't take them/it for granted (any twtd lurkers please pass on my praise). But, the point of this is, in one of his earlier posts he said that the anecdotal evidence from around his hospital was that the test was only 70% accurate, if you think oh, that's pretty good (and to backup Bristol's point) watch this video: 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
