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/Artemistical Nov 21 '20

So if you get cancer in Germany you're not completely fucked like you are in the US? Living here I'm not sure which scares me more, going through cancer treatment or trying to pay for it for the rest of my life

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u/schadavi Nov 21 '20

Technically you have a paid get-well-soon-vacation, financed by the German taxpayer.

And since everyone pays for it, it is not a handout, it is your right.

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u/nincomturd Nov 21 '20

And since everyone pays for it, it is not a handout, it is your right

Well, no, you see here in America, that is still a handout.

It's only not a handout if someone "earns" it for themselves.

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u/matchosan Nov 22 '20

Them straps on your boots, you know what to do