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as some people quickly noted, two percent.
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And here's how it works.
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One percent of a thousand will have the disease.
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That person will test positive.
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The test never misses.
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That leaves nine hundred ninety-nine people who don't have the disease,
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and we'll say about fifty percent
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of these people have it.
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So, for every fifty-one people who test positive,
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only one will have the disease,
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giving an average of about two percent.
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This sort of thing is very difficult.