News Forum - Nakhon Si Thammarat reports Covid outbreak at prison

[Thaiger]

Nakhon Si Thammarat, a southern Thai province, has a new Covid outbreak: The Correctional Institution for Young Offenders has reported 64 people have already tested positive at the institution with the number only expected to go up. Officials estimate that the number could go as high as 1,000 as they continue to test. The facility has over 2,500 inmates and prison workers. The misleading name of the prison has many adults with some inmates over 60 years old. The new outbreak has alarmed nearby residents that the virus could leak out into the community. Prison officials assure the public that […]

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[semrand753]

PCR tests are nearly 100% accurate (sensitivity & specificity). Antigen tests are much less sensitive, yet they turned out to exactly match the PCR follow up.  I can only hope the samples were less random than claimed, since alternative explanations are inauspicious.