COVID Resources

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Interactive COVID diagnostic test calculators*

Chance of Infection with Negative Test

Chance of infection given a negative test at different pretest probabilities.

Chance of Infection with Positive or Negative Test

Chance of infection at different pretest probabilities

Effect of Multiple Tests

(assuming tests are independent)

*see Woloshin, et al., NEJM (2020)

How Consumers Interpret and Act on Results From At-Home COVID-19 Self-test Kits

A Randomized Clinical Trial

JAMA Internal Medicine
2022;182(3):332-341