SKY NewsRapid testing to be offered to workplaces with more than 50 employees

[Barry]

The BMJ says it is not that simple. It's not my opinion.
https://www.bmj.com/content/371/bmj.m4851

[patman post]

Another investigation's findings disagree with your opinion:

Findings:
In this decision analytical model assessing multiple scenarios for the infectious period and the proportion of transmission from individuals who never have COVID-19 symptoms, transmission from asymptomatic individuals was estimated to account for more than half of all transmission.

Meaning:
The findings of this study suggest that the identification and isolation of persons with symptomatic COVID-19 alone will not control the ongoing spread of SARS-CoV-2.

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2774707

As part of a group that's likely to have bad outcomes from Covid, the reasoning looks good to me...

[Barry]

The testing of healthy people needs to stop. The false positive threat is too high.

In that report it says:

"When you consider that around one in three people have the virus without symptoms and could potentially infect people without even knowing it, it becomes clear why focusing testing on those without symptoms is so essential.

But there is no evidence of asymptomatic spread, so why do these tests?

[GBNews]

Rapid testing to be offered to workplaces with more than 50 employees

Rapid tests will be offered to workplaces with more than 50 employees in an effort to control the COVID-19 pandemic.

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