In other words, the mass testing in Wuhan using RT-PCR (11 MILLION PEOPLE) was largely a waste of time That's an expensive political statement!https://twitter.com/MichaelAlbertMD/status/1264233957534470144 …
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Replying to @drg1985
It is a bit. There were lots of local accusations of it being a political stunt
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Replying to @GidMK
But this surely implies mass PCR testing is wasteful? Is seroprevalence only hope?
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Replying to @drg1985
Depends on your aim. PCR is for diagnosis, serology is more useful for establishing total spread
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Replying to @GidMK
But unless I'm misunderstanding, diagnostic PCR has same limitations & is kinda crap?
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Replying to @drg1985
Sure but you run more than one test, and there's clinical suspicion etc. Using it for diagnostic reasons is different to mass sampling for pop screening
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