I totally understand why anyone who is showing symptoms needs to be tested pronto, so they can isolate themselves and stop the spread. Yes those people should have access to testing swiftly, and results processed as quickly as possible.
But now they're talking about testing people who aren't symptomatic, in care homes, hospitals, other vulnerable groups.
But if I take a test today and it's negative, that doesn't mean that tomorrow, or in three days, or in a week, that it will still be negative. Surely if you're going to start people in vulnerable groups purely because the're in vulnerable groups and not because they've been in contact, you'd have to repeat that testing weekly (or more), for the foreseeable future?
Or am I missing a fundamental point here?
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why the enormous focus on testing those without symptoms?
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PineappleDanish · 30/04/2020 13:08
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