Sunny
Sensitosis mascot
Always on watch. First question about any test: what's the false-positive rate?
- Job
- Screening epidemiologist
- From
- The Kalahari
- Personality
- Vigilant, sceptical, protective
- Health quirk
- Neck strain from lookout duty
Her story
Sunny was the lookout for a big meerkat family in the Kalahari, where a false alarm meant everyone dived into the burrow for nothing and a missed eagle meant something much worse. That's how she learnt sensitivity and specificity, before she knew the words. Now she stands guard over every test and asks the awkward question first: how often is it wrong?
She has never trusted a screening test that 'catches everything'.
What she says when you win
- “Spotted. Every true positive.”
- “Sharp eyes. Sharper stats.”
- “Sensitive and specific. Rare combo.”
- “No false alarms here.”
- “I've been on lookout all day. You win.”
- “Bayes would be proud.”
Find her in Sensitosis.
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