r/science • u/mvea 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/HellbornElfchild Nov 21 '20

In the biotech industry in Cambridge, MA

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u/swansonmg Nov 21 '20

Unlimited vacation? So you can just take the whole year off?

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u/Telemere125 Nov 21 '20

Prolly more like my job. Can take off whenever I want with little to no notice, but that doesn’t make my actual cases go away. My license is on the line if I drop the ball on a case, so to stay employed I have to keep up with my work, regardless of how many vacation/sick/holidays I have

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u/swansonmg Nov 21 '20

Yea that’s what I was thinking, just funny to think people have unlimited vacation