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Radio 4,6 mins

Do false positives mean that official cases are fake news?

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Could the rising number of cases we鈥檙e seeing be in some part down to the problem of false positives 鈥� people who test positive for Coronavirus but actually aren鈥檛 infected at all. It鈥檚 a topic that鈥檚 been getting some attention in the past week and has sparked a debate. Tim Harford looks at the science and data behind the headlines. First broadcast on More or Less, 23 September 2020.

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