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If money was no object, should you run every medical test?
Medlife Crisis
A doctor from Medlife Crisis explains in under three minutes why even a rich patient should not simply order every medical test, touching on pre-test probability and Bayesian reasoning. False positives make blanket testing counterproductive.
HN people link it as a short, funny and accurate explanation of why over-testing and over-screening can do harm.
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