I agree with most of this, which is why I originally said the tests SHOULD be done but the logistics is too difficult.
But if there were a rapid, easy and cheap method to test for the most likely PEDs then most of the logistic difficulties disappear. Think about something like the advent of home pregnancy tests (spawn of one of my favorite ads of any kind: "the most advanced technology you'll eve pee on") compared to 30 years ago when you had to go to a clinic to be tested.
I understand your position. I'm not trying to paint you as 100% in favor of testing.
But you only ever get 2 of the three out of fast, accurate and cheap. And most of those home pregnancy tests have a laboratory accuracy of 99%. And the accuracy rate is somewhat lower under real conditions. Would you be willing to risk a 1% false positive rate when it comes to being labled a doper? Unfortunately, this is still something that requires a VERY high (less than .1% failure rate) accuracy and even then, that's why they test BOTH A and B samples to drive the error rate even lower.
I agree with most of this, which is why I originally said the tests SHOULD be done but the logistics is too difficult.
But if there were a rapid, easy and cheap method to test for the most likely PEDs then most of the logistic difficulties disappear. Think about something like the advent of home pregnancy tests (spawn of one of my favorite ads of any kind: "the most advanced technology you'll eve pee on") compared to 30 years ago when you had to go to a clinic to be tested.
I understand your position. I'm not trying to paint you as 100% in favor of testing.
But you only ever get 2 of the three out of fast, accurate and cheap. And most of those home pregnancy tests have a laboratory accuracy of 99%. And the accuracy rate is somewhat lower under real conditions. Would you be willing to risk a 1% false positive rate when it comes to being labled a doper? Unfortunately, this is still something that requires a VERY high (less than .1% failure rate) accuracy and even then, that's why they test BOTH A and B samples to drive the error rate even lower.
