Under what circumstances would you really want to minimize false positives and false negatives associated with a disease? Suppose that these were the findings of COVID screenings and diagnoses. State the relative impacts of false COVID negatives and false COVID positives on the community.

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Under what circumstances would you really want to minimize false positives and false negatives associated with a disease?

Suppose that these were the findings of COVID screenings and diagnoses. State the relative impacts of false COVID negatives and false COVID positives on the community.

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