November 27, 2020 – Toronto Star
Rapid tests are a game changer, Doug Ford says. Public Health Ontario’s head of microbiology has a very different view
By: Kate Allen
False negatives — missing a positive case — could have obviously devastating consequences in long-term care, where residents are acutely vulnerable to severe disease and where almost two-thirds of Ontario’s COVID deaths have occurred. But false positives — inaccurately flagging a positive case — can also have dire consequences, says Dr. Samir Sinha, Director of Health Policy Research at the National Institute on Ageing, another expert who provided advice.