WKRC's Liz Bonis has pulled quite the boner. She reports the "miracle cure" that "medical science can't explain" of a woman who had ovarian cancer.
Look at what actually happened: during surgery, they did a biopsy to test for cancer. The biopsy came back positive.
What is the false-positive rate for this test? It's likely she never had cancer in the first place, people. Doctors are notoriously bad at assessing probability...read Dr. Leonard Mlodinow's book, The Drunkard's Walk, for a great story about when he tested positive for AIDS and how his doctor reacted. (SPOILER ALERT: Dr. Mlodinow did not have AIDS.)
Did she ever stop to think that her god just played a nasty practical joke on her by giving her a false positive result?
Shame on Liz Bonis, her editors, and Channel 12 for publishing this credulous, fatuous story.
Look at what actually happened: during surgery, they did a biopsy to test for cancer. The biopsy came back positive.
What is the false-positive rate for this test? It's likely she never had cancer in the first place, people. Doctors are notoriously bad at assessing probability...read Dr. Leonard Mlodinow's book, The Drunkard's Walk, for a great story about when he tested positive for AIDS and how his doctor reacted. (SPOILER ALERT: Dr. Mlodinow did not have AIDS.)
Did she ever stop to think that her god just played a nasty practical joke on her by giving her a false positive result?
Shame on Liz Bonis, her editors, and Channel 12 for publishing this credulous, fatuous story.
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