Google Used To Diagnose Disease

dptalia writes "About 20% of all diseases are misdiagnosed, a percentage that has remained steady since the 1930s. However, scientists have discovered that by inputting the key symptoms into Google they can get the correct diagnosis about 58% of the time. For rare and unusual diseases, this provides doctors the information they need to get a correct cure. Of course, Google is only as good as its knowledge base, and its users, so this isn't a cure for everything."

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>>It's saying of the 20% that's mis-diagnosed, Google correctly identified 58% of those.

I think it's saying whereas a trained medical professional will mis-diagnose 20% of the time, Joe Blow can do it on Google and be right 58% of the time.