1/ There's a big debate about the costs and benefits of lockdowns against coronavirus. Test 1% of the population randomly every day and R0 in each area could be accurately calculated each day.
We could know in real time whether costly policies are giving the intended results.
We could know in real time whether costly policies are giving the intended results.
2/ Different state/province, county, local governments face different conditions that will cause differences in R0. Those can be measured. Policies can tuned and optimized to local conditions. This will reduce total costs of controlling and stopping the pandemic.
3/ High volume testing is a tool that can make stopping the virus much easier to do. It could shorten the time of economic depression and reduce illness and deaths.
