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by taeric 1631 days ago
This is an example of a problem that is so hard to explain. The vast majority of folks getting these tests will get a true negative. Such that for most people, this is not an issue. So I get that it takes effort to make people care.

That said, I do feel that pulling in abortions to the debate is specifically to trigger a set of readers. But to what aim? They have not established that the tests could be better. Just that when they say yes, they are still not perfect.