This thread ends with "be smarter" but every stage is societal, not individual and the rapid test is the *best* part, not the problem. The family goes to work unmasked, has large "bubble", employs older nanny with no primary care doctor & own kids. Problem isn't the living room.https://twitter.com/darakass/status/1343754550562459648 …
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Yes, it's well-meaning and I don't object at all to the message that we should try to make best choice possible, but those 27K retweets? We're misleading ourselves. We want to blame individuals when we've set it up for everyone to fail. We need *more* rapid tests, not less.pic.twitter.com/8Q6EchDZRq
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That family employing the nanny has an open network, not a "bubble." The nanny doesn't have the luxury of the "just stay at home!" crowd plus she's at the mercy of the employer's open network. And the original mom needs a way to see her son: with tests, maybe outdoors & masks.
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Don't provide widespread testing; don't support people so they can stop working at the mercy of irresponsible employers; no primary care network; allow unmasked workplaces; don't provide advice on safely meeting & expect people to never see their kids... Of course it won't work.
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Yes the son and the rapid test are not at all central to what's going on. If anything, that seems to be the only stage there was any sensible attempt at employing a public health measure. (Though older brother not alerting them to symptoms immediately...)https://twitter.com/a_haema/status/1344675936445362178 …
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That's exactly right. Plus, that family has no "bubble" whatsoever. The word appears to have lost its meaning. Family employs nanny, plus mom has six co-workers who work together unmasked plus who knows what else... A real bubble is very hard to sustain. https://twitter.com/Valentine721/status/1344674128649998336 …
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Yes - from a macro POV if every business/establishment screened using rapid tests we'd catch a hell of a lot more cases than we're catching now. The trick is educating the public that a negative result doesn't mean you aren't infected. Therein lies the challenge.
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In March I had foolishly thought that implementing widespread, frequent, free rapid testing was what all the
govts were going to do once such tests were available.
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Same problem of individual vs population perspective applies to the issue of whether to defer the second dose of the vaccine order to give the first dose to twice as many people.
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This is the paradox of harm reduction. In aggregate harm reduction options are very positive: high compliance when available and big impacts on reducing negative outcomes. BUT the negative outcomes they let through tell great stories and the ones they prevent are un-noticed.
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"rapid tests are only 90% sensitive" Those that say this certainly don't want daily new cases to fall by 90%... 200k per day to 20k per day. Great potential.
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on COVID Living Room Spread:
Saturday:
- Older, out of the house brother wants to visit younger siblings.
Mom says "get a test on the way, if you are negative you can come."
- Rapid test is (-), family spends a day together inside, laughing, playing, eating.
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