- A new study claims that mass and frequent rapid testing for COVID-19 can make a big dent in epidemics in six weeks.
- “Our big picture is that, when it comes to public health, it’s better to have a less sensitive test with results than with a more sensitive test tomorrow,” said Daniel L. Remo Ram, a computer science professor and lead at the University of Colorado at Boulder. Said University of Boulder computer science professor Daniel L. Lead Remore. Author of the study.
- Testing the city’s population% population every three days will reduce the infection by 88%, which “leads the epidemic to extinction in six weeks.”
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Hardward T.H. A new study by researchers at the Chan School of Public Health and the University of Colorado claims that epilepsy can be eradicated, especially in people who do not show signs of infection. Boulder.
The study, published November 20 in the peer-reviewed journal Science Advances, suggests that rapid testing, albeit a less reliable one, would require more targeted interventions rather than an economic lockdown if public health officials are deployed on a large scale.
Quick tests are less expensive and can return results in a matter of minutes rather than the days associated with lab diversity. If half of the U.S. population is tested weekly, those who test positive isolation from the rest of the population, the impact will be enormous, the researchers said.
C.U. “Our big picture is that, when it comes to public health, it’s better to have a less sensitive test with results than a more sensitive test tomorrow,” said Boulder’s computer science professor and lead author, Daniel Lam Remore. The study, said Friday. “Instead of telling everyone to stay home, you can be sure that a sick person will not spread it. We can only order infected people at home, so that everyone can move on with their lives.”
According to the study, based on mathematical modeling, a quick test of three-quarters of the city’s population every three days ultimately reduces the number of people infected by infected by%, “the epidemic leads to extinction in six weeks.”
“These rapid tests are infectious tests,” Michael Meena, Harvard’s epidemiology professor and study co-author, said in a news release. “When people are infected, they are very effective to search COVID-19.”
Increasing the availability of “cheap, fast tests” is a key strategy under consideration by President-elect Joe Biden, Politico reported Friday.
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