Even @DanielAndrewsMP, not medically trained, sees the issue in a testing criteria of min. 30 min exposure in hospital outbreaks. The equivalent of dropping a Tim tam on the floor and saying “10 second rule lol” Why’d it take tweets/ journos asking to get this changed? #covidvic
https://twitter.com/an_leavy/status/1315465274682830848
DHHS is TOO RIGID with their approach. You don’t need to test every casual contact at a high exposure site. But you SHOULD test if
> there have been positive cases at that site who were casual contacts (Chadstone)
> indoor setting, small no. of ppl
> aged/healthcare
#covidvic
> there have been positive cases at that site who were casual contacts (Chadstone)
> indoor setting, small no. of ppl
> aged/healthcare
#covidvic
This is totally impractical with 700 cases a day. And yet a no-brainer with 6-15 cases a day.
Does my head in. Absolutely blows my mind that it took shit posting on Twitter to have this changed.
It tells me that right experts do not have oversight of such decisions and guidelines.
We absolutely have the right experts. They just seem at arm’s-length from these very important policies.
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