Question: 4. Statistics from the US Center for Disease Control has shown that the probability of a person contracting Covid-19 is 1%. There is a test

 4. Statistics from the US Center for Disease Control has shown

4. Statistics from the US Center for Disease Control has shown that the probability of a person contracting Covid-19 is 1%. There is a test for the virus that has been widely applied to millions of people. The test statistics show that, if a person truly has the virus, the test result will have a probability of 90% being positive. However, if a person really does not have the virus, the test result will also have a probability of 5% being positive. Now, you have taken the test and the result is positive. Please select the one category below that you think that your probability of actually having the virus belongs: (a) over 75%, (b) 50%-74%, (c) 25%-49%, (d) 15% -24% (e) below 15%

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