Rapid testing 75% of a city every 3 days could ‘drive the epidemic toward extinction’ within 6 weeks, a new study claims – Business Insider Australia

• Mass and frequent rapid testing for COVID-19 could make a large dent in the pandemic within six weeks, a new study claims.
• “Our big picture finding is that, when it comes to public health, it’s better to have a less sensitive test with results today than a more sensitive test with results tomorrow,” said Daniel Larremore, a computer science professor at Colorado University Boulder and lead author of the study.
• Testing 75% of a city’s population every three days would reduce infections by 88%,…

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