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Will Slovakia avoid „Czech scenario“?
Health minister #marekkrajčí 16.10. first time publicly compared the second wave COVID-19 trends in Slovakia and Czech republic in a chart showing that Slovakia is following the scenario in Czech republic with a delay of 2~3weeks.:
Health minister #marekkrajčí 16.10. first time publicly compared the second wave COVID-19 trends in Slovakia and Czech republic in a chart showing that Slovakia is following the scenario in Czech republic with a delay of 2~3weeks.:
Trend chart from few days ago (22.10.) was even worse and clearly showing that Slovakia is repeating the Czech scenario:
Somewhere here we should be looking for motivation of the government in Slovakia and prime minister #igormatovič to solve the problem of rising second wave of epidemics and dark vision of collapsing health care by unusual way - #masstesting in combination with limited lockdown.
#Masstesting especially of asymptomatic individuals for #COVID19 is NOT a magic bullet solution.
There seems to be a lot of clamour for it but we need to consider not just the utility of testing but also the issues with it.
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There seems to be a lot of clamour for it but we need to consider not just the utility of testing but also the issues with it.
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A few months back a team of public health researchers @FionaBell19 @lliandme @ScHARRSheffield carried out a rapid evidence review on #masstesting. We found the evidence from around the world to be mixed, patchy and limited.
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NO TEST IS PERFECT. PCR tests for COVID19 can’t always tell if it is current infection or past infection, or whether the individual is still infectious or not. Here's where clinical interpretation and judgment is key.
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