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
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Replying to @AdmiralHip
Isn't the point in the email that there's two different types of testing going on - diagnostic testing for symptomatic cases by the health centre and opt-in screening (as distinct from testing, i.e. antibody prick tests) in residences? I may have misunderstood though
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Replying to @NiallOSuill @AdmiralHip
The reason that distinction is important is that screening is (or was, back in May when the UK was trying to roll it out nationally) waaaaaaaay less accurate, w/ best case scenarios @ 70% accuracy, and too many false negatives.
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Replying to @NiallOSuill
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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Replying to @AdmiralHip @NiallOSuill
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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Replying to @AdmiralHip
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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Replying to @NiallOSuill @AdmiralHip
Example: screen everyone, on campus, once/week, €50 cost. 30k staff + students = €1.5m/week for tests alone (w/o staffing costs). 1000s travelling into campus on days w/ no f2f teaching to get tested. Even 1% false positive = 300 asymptomatic w/ guards let down
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Replying to @NiallOSuill
Yeah, it would cost that much. But it just needs to be done. And this all needs to be done with 100% mask compliance. Anyone who can't wear a mask or refuses to then needs to be accommodated with online learning, same for anyone who needs to lipread.
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Or alternatively get the transparent masks for those who will be teaching those who need to lipread instead of relying on visors.
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