Re:Elizabeth Holmes found guilty
by ghshephard on Monday January 03, 2022 @09:55PM
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Probably for the best back in populations of close to 0 community incidence, low acquired immunity, and prior to the vaccines being available. Better to have a few hundred (few thousand?) people incorrectly spend time in quarantine, than to have community spread results in people/businesses being locked down.
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That's the state right now with almost all of the population vaccinated.
I don't think it's for the best, it ignores any other medical conditions and offers no way to double check a result that could come from a dodgy test center.
Re:Elizabeth Holmes found guilty
by ghshephard on Tuesday January 04, 2022 @01:52AM
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I think once their is some population immunity, that you start to put more effort into confirming people really are infectious. It's partially why I don't think the CDC rules about not requiring a test after the fifth day really matters in most places in the United States - 20+% of people in the general population are already infected in places like New York. Wearing a mask for 5 days after quarantining for 5 days, while not ideal - ensures that our medical and logistic and other critical systems keep working for the next 3-4 weeks.