COVID-19: the need for more random testing combined with causal modelling

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Mar 29, 2020

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We know some strawberry flavoured sweets are contaminated. But, if wrapper colour is not a reliable indicator of the flavour of sweet it contains, what do we learn about the proportions of strawberry and contaminated sweets if we only test sweets with red wrappers?

The current COVID-19 strategic testing strategies - implemented to inform policy making - …

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