Social prejudice against the infected means that a false positive also causes harm.

由于社会对感染者存有偏见，因此假阳性结果也会造成伤害。

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Even realizing that the findings may have been a false positive, I still respect it.

即使是认识到这发现本就是错误肯定，我仍尊重它。

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As it turns out, this is one area where the exploration test fails and yields a false positive.

事实是，探察测试在某个地方出问题了，产生了一个误判。

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They also cite the emotional trauma of a false positive, which would lead to other tests.

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He said Williams, 36, may have been the victim of a false positive when tested 16 years ago.

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Given that history, the odds were pretty high back in 1989 that the test result he received was a false positive.

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