Birdwatch Note Rating
2023-03-07 00:49:27 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: CBA5039D16E06EDE7E92BD7437C2037CDF9F5DE590AD5D3BEC1D7A7BA86DE0AC
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Original Note:
Pfizer continued to collect data in the control group via surveillance studies. The clinical trial was stopped after primary endpoints were met. Public Health England reports that PCR tests show a specificity of over 95%, meaning that up to 5% of cases are false positives https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/nejmoa2110345 https://www.google.com/search?q=false+positive+rate+pcr&rlz=1C1VDKB_enUS1015US1015&oq=false+positive+rate+pcr&aqs=chrome..69i57.2225j0j4&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8
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