You might have thought that the government plan to replace isolation for school children with daily LF testing was binned in January when schools had to close. Not so. Apparently they realised that a planned nationwide rollout to children of an intervention when they had no idea if it would increase or decrease transmission rates in schools was not particularly well-supported.
So now they are running a clinical trial. A few schools started this on 15th March and it is being widened to more schools next week. A child who has been identified as a close contact of someone who has tested positive (not within their household as higher risk) will be able to choose 10 days of isolation or 7 days of supervised LF tests at school. Those sitting around them in lessons will not be asked if they are happy with this. Outside of school they will still be expected to isolate because of their increased risk, the testing only allows them to go to school.
Given the general picture of the government's proposals and actions - LF tests now available to all, plans for testing before sports events etc, it's clear that despite serious concerns over their sensitivity (false negatives), they will be forming a large part of future virus control measures. Operation Moonshot.
Expect to see something tested on school children rolled out to workplaces by September.
Details in this twitter thread: twitter.com/karamballes/status/1382838861714296833?s=21
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Clinical trial in secondary school children to replace isolation of close contacts with daily testing
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noblegiraffe · 17/04/2021 11:46
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