Without widespread global testing, including of those *not showing symptoms, we are going to needlessly infect & kill millions and/or destroy freedom/society/economy through excess quarantine
Testing + selective quarantining cuts the Gordian knot between the 2 extremes
Testing + selective quarantining cuts the Gordian knot between the 2 extremes
Nobody knows what “flattening the curve” will look like for covid-19, we can only imagine different scenarios
We do know:
- early quarantining/distancing works really, really well for covid-19 & Spanish Flu
- there is risk of second, third, and more waves
We do know:
- early quarantining/distancing works really, really well for covid-19 & Spanish Flu
- there is risk of second, third, and more waves
For now, we don’t need to know exactly how we will deal with those second and third waves
What we do need to figure out is how to massively ramp up testing — including of people *not* showing signs of flu, otherwise we are going to over-quarantine, which is a real risk
What we do need to figure out is how to massively ramp up testing — including of people *not* showing signs of flu, otherwise we are going to over-quarantine, which is a real risk
As such, everything depends on quickly ramping up testing
There is a strong common global interest here
The sooner we can radically increase testing, the sooner people can go back to work, kids can go to school, and we can return to normalcy
There is a strong common global interest here
The sooner we can radically increase testing, the sooner people can go back to work, kids can go to school, and we can return to normalcy
