I'm catching up on my @ScottAdamsSays, and I want to take issue with this statement: "rapid tests would only slow it down".
Rapid tests could end the pandemic. All that is necessary to end the pandemic is to get R (the reproduction number) below 1
Rapid tests could end the pandemic. All that is necessary to end the pandemic is to get R (the reproduction number) below 1
That is, if every infected person infects less than 1 other person, the pandemic will die out. With rapid (i.e. rapid, cheap, and easy) tests we could test everyone whenever there is a chance of infecting other people, at restaurants, schools, and other gatherings
The best explanation of rapid tests that I know is this podcast from @Gladwell
https://twitter.com/davidboxenhorn/status/1421128952593141765
Of course, as long as new cases are being introduced, e.g. from other countries, we would have to keep up rapid tests, but it would keep the case numbers very low
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