Thread by @Lidsville

BC public health is not doing math. We know that a chunk of transmission of #covid19 is by asymptomatic people. How can you break those chains of transmission if you're only testing symptomatic people? I don't understand. #math #bcpoli #FreeTheRATs

https://twitter.com/frozen/status/1468346099303735296

There's a whole component of epidemiology that involves stats. It's math: how many people does one person infect; how many of those go on to infect others, & over what space of time; what is the Rt value & is this exponential spread? You want to catch even ONE asymptomatic case..

Breaking *one* chain of transmission can stop countless cases down the line. By not distributing #rapidtests to the public, isn't BC public health admitting they grasp neither asymptomatic transmission NOR the exponential function? #bcpoli #FreeTheRATs

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If my mathematician dad were still alive, this would be driving him nuts. I'm almost glad he's not here to witness this.

PS How, after two years of this pandemic, can @Twitter's gif collection still not contain that famous 70s Fabergé Organics shampoo ad: "I told one friend, and she told two friends, and so on, and so on, and so on..." Simplest demonstration of exponential spread. Come on people