Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. We're doing the same thing with COVID and expecting different results. We need to change course, and we need to do it now.
https://twitter.com/michaelmina_lab/status/1328873625894719489
They're already doing it in the UK. forbes.com/sites/alexleds…
Ohio is also trying to get this off the ground.
wfmj.com/story/42819682…
wfmj.com/story/42819682…
Ohio, along with other states that have banded together:
washingtonpost.com/coronavirus/co…
washingtonpost.com/coronavirus/co…
I've yet to see these tests materialize in Cincinnati, but let's look at how things have been going in the last month. Here are the number of cases per 100K people starting in mid-October:
10/15: 167
10/22: 234
10/29: 261
11/5: 329
11/12: 466
11/19: 685
10/15: 167
10/22: 234
10/29: 261
11/5: 329
11/12: 466
11/19: 685
What is the level in communities where schools have opened safely, per all the white paper on which recent Op Eds are based? Between 10 and 35/100K. Or, in Hamilton County-ese, up to 68x lower than what we have now. (see pp 2)
policylab.chop.edu/sites/default/…
policylab.chop.edu/sites/default/…
Our schools are closing again on Monday. Too many staff are sick to stay open. I hope that at some point soon, rapid testing becomes part of the plan for our schools. It's the only scenario where I can imagine being comfortable sending my kids in person.
(other than a vaccine)
Some of the governors Biden met with today are from the group that's banded together on testing. I sincerely hope rapid testing was among the things discussed. cnn.com/2020/11/19/pol…
One other effect of rapid testing that isn't being discussed is that it - if marketed + executed well - could help alleviate pandemic fatigue. I would be more than willing to test myself and my kids daily if it means they can be in school.
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