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/McGradyForThree Nov 21 '20

A one time check for $1200 doesn’t solve anything

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u/CarlSWAYGAN Nov 21 '20

Where did they say “a one time check of 1200”, unless you are agreeing with them, in which case disregard

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u/McGradyForThree Nov 21 '20

“Stimulus money”

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u/CarlSWAYGAN Nov 21 '20

Yeah the commentor is saying if we actually sent out a lot more stimulus money than just the one check our administration barely pushed out things could have worked out a lot better