The meme is talking about a common probability error that surveys have shown even doctors are prone to making.

Why you’re probably ok:

The rarity of the disease far exceeds the error rate of the positive test. Meaning, the disease occurs in 1 out of a million people, so if you are tested at random and show positive, you only have a 1 out of 30,000 chance (the 3% false-positive rate) of being the the 1 person who truly has the disease.

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    2 days ago

    I almost died of a dental abscess back in 2008, which led to a multi systemic failure. That was fun, but I’m still alive today.

    Fuckall with worrying about life anymore, if I ain’t dead yet, well I’m not dead. I’m doing okay BTW…