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With i molecular tests in decline changes the map of the positive. Since November, when antigenic drugs have been implanted in pharmacies, the use of molecules has become more selective. The latter, more accurate than the former, would often be used only after a positive case emerged with the rapid.
And so the demand for molecular drugs has fallen, welcoming, so to speak, a more select clientele. This resulted in a favorable result: the health system is less stressed, even with good financial savings. However, this partial decrease in molecular use has produced a side effect. A partially offset count of the contagion rate.
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THE CALCULATION
Until recently, the percentage of people who tested positive for COVID-19-19 was calculated on the audience of patients who underwent exclusively molecular, without going through a first unhealthy examination. The result? Many more people took the exam. Now, however, thanks to rapid tests carried out in pharmacies, the number of subjects who later decide to queue outside a drive in is lower, but they almost certainly have Covid-19. However, this makes the relationship between the number of molecules and the number of positives return a higher figure.
To this end, the Ministry of Health is studying countermeasures to try to make the count as correct as possible. And so the hypothesis of including not only molecular but also rapid tests is being considered. The sum of the people taking the two tests would provide a more honest figure.
In addition, the hypothesis of considering (in Lazio) officially positive those who have collected the result only with the antigen (under certain conditions) without having to go through the molecular sieve is also being examined.
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In fact, to speed up the diagnostic system, a month ago a study by the National Institute of Infectious Diseases Lazzaro Spallanzani showed that, against a certain threshold of viral load, the rapid swab result may not be confirmed by the. Hence the indication to consider unhealthy swabs that give a result (on the plotted viral load) greater than 10 to be reliable in order to avoid resorting to the classical examination, thus reducing the time and amount of analysis.
THE CONTROVERSY
Meanwhile, political controversy over the number of people infected in Veneto is mounting. “We have always done it,” explained the governor. Luca zaia – We do a lot of quick swabs. However, they cannot be included in the statistics. Or better: the positives are counted, but their number is loaded only on the molecular swabs. But in the next few days, this will change. A new type of counting that should be applied at the national level.
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