Can't win...not testing enough....you will be testing too much...
Two behavioural scientists have written to Chris Whitty, the chief medical officer for England, to warn about the potential unintended consequences of mass public testing for coronavirus infection.
Prof Madelynne Arden at Sheffield Hallam University and Prof Christopher Armitage at the University of Manchester have told Whitty they felt compelled to share their concerns about the likely impact of mass testing on the public’s adherence to the lockdown and social distancing measures.
The scientists believe that people who have had the virus will return to normal life, since they will are likely to have some immunity, but warn this could encourage everyone else to follow suit. Another concern is that people who are fed up with isolation will be out and about and simply claim to have had the infection.
FFS behavioural scientists can get lost.
WHO says test test test
The most successful nations in keeping death rates low are the ones with highest testing levels
Well that isn't surprising since the number of tests will increase the denominator but hardly change the numerator.
I guess the trick is to not just do the test, but then to isolate the identified carriers. That will decrease the numerator and flatten the curve over time because it decreases the number of infections.
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