Open AccessPerspective of Arguments in Public Health
Author(s) -
Dinesh Kumar
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of comprehensive health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2347-498X
DOI - 10.53553/jch.v09i01.010
Subject(s) - covid-19 , false negative reactions , medicine , argument (complex analysis) , perspective (graphical) , test (biology) , statement (logic) , pandemic , disease , intensive care medicine , virology , philosophy , epistemology , biology , computer science , infectious disease (medical specialty) , paleontology , artificial intelligence , outbreak
Recently, an argument was put forth because a symptomatic and positive patient for CoVID-19 turned tested negative after 7 days, so discharged from the hospital. Both at the time of admission and discharge real-time reverse transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) was done for testing of CoVID-19. Immediately, patient again developed respiratory symptoms and was admitted to hospital again. Amidst of current CoVID-19 pandemic, a question was asked “What is the specificity of the Real Time-Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) test for COVID-19?” with an assumption that what if at the time of discharge the disease is present in patient but test turned out to be negative? In response to that a counter statement was posed that “It is the sensitivity that should be asked rather than specificity”. It was based on the implication of primary question that was implying false negative report of the RT-PCR. It means, since patient was discharged with negative result that could be false negative.