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The Importance of Rapid Testing in Combating COVID-19
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Rapid testing is crucial for workplaces and communities to combat the spread of COVID-19. Failure to implement mass testing could result in a significant increase in cases, causing a potential crisis.
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Testing is a crucial factor in controlling the spread of COVID-19.
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COVID-19
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Testing is a crucial factor in controlling the spread of COVID-19. Getting 100 people to infect just 90 people is considered a failure, whereas getting them to infect 95 can stop the outbreak from spreading in a community.
ChapterThe Importance of Rapid Testing in Combating COVID-19
Episode#235 – Michael Mina: Rapid COVID Testing
PodcastLex Fridman Podcast
There is a potential for a testing crisis due to the increased demand for workplace testing.
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Workplace and school testing
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There is a potential for a testing crisis due to the increased demand for workplace testing. Maintaining complete privacy while testing at school or work could be difficult, and using any mechanism of verification controlled by the government might lead to overreach.