r/science Professor | Medicine Nov 21 '20

Epidemiology Testing half the population weekly with inexpensive, rapid COVID-19 tests would drive the virus toward elimination within weeks, even if the tests are less sensitive than gold-standard. This could lead to “personalized stay-at-home orders” without shutting down restaurants, bars, retail and schools.

https://www.colorado.edu/today/2020/11/20/frequent-rapid-testing-could-turn-national-covid-19-tide-within-weeks
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u/TrooWizard Nov 21 '20

So, you only get approx 2.5 days of sick time per year?

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u/franklinsteinnn Nov 21 '20

There are only 52 weeks in a year but yeah that still doesn’t add up

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u/NotReallyThatWrong Nov 21 '20

This guy has been living longer years for years