Media and Public Health commentary on daily numbers in Ontario citing all the false +/- needs to comment on noted exponential change. Smaller true pos numbers can quickly become larger ones and how likely will this be the outcome with present measures?

Dr. Barry Dworkin

Medical Mythbusting Commentary for September 29, 2020

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Ontario sees single-day record of 700 new COVID-19 cases as calls grow to return to Stage 2

Public Health should also provide the Positive and Negative Predictive Values of Covid-19 testing in the area as prevalence varies from region to region.

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