We just got an email from our university that says that there will be a program in the next few weeks to do mass testing of staff and students...who only live in campus/uni accommodation. Which I do not think actually accounts for most of the population who work/study there
I think screening may be more accurate now, but I am unsure. The screening recommendation was from Luke O'Neill, who said that anyone who screened positive could then get a PCR test.
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In an ideal world everyone should just get tested right away, and I am unsure why this wasn't just planned from the start.
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I think the reason is that it runs into huge logistical/financial problems very quickly. If we're testing everyone, how often? Where does testing take place? Who pays? It could very quickly exasperate problems rather than relieving them
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Yeah, I expect there's improvements since May. But tbh, given the lack of certainty on the effectiveness of screening (I'd love to see any robust data on it) and the cost (old info again, but in May it was c. €90/test), trialing it on the most cluster-prone area seems sensible
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I don't think that this is a place for trials, to be honest. Or they should have it extended as far as possible. Even if accuracy is low, the more cases it could catch seems better to me.
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