“Nobody knows the truth — let’s be honest,” Dr. Ioannidis said of the prevalence figures. “But if I had to guess, I would say it is probably higher than our estimate.”
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To be clear, I don& #39;t think the true prevalence is higher than their estimate. And is a volunteer-driven serosurvey using a test with poorly characterized specificity the best science can do?
Also, shout-out to @nytimes for getting quotes from two co-authors of this not yet peer-reviewed study but none of the people who have pointed out its problems.