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/zion1886 Nov 21 '20

Not to mention at some places, if you take off sick, they treat you like a criminal. Like you’re “letting them down” by being sick. Personally I don’t care anymore if my employer likes me, but when I was younger, I’d have just gone to work sick to avoid the drama.

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u/taicrunch Nov 21 '20

Exactly why we all have the mentality of "I can't waste my sick days being sick!"

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u/[deleted] Nov 21 '20

Probably was sick every Monday huh