Monna:

First, we actually have tested more people than any other country in the world. Some of the testing in some countries (such as China) had poor reliability. Antibodies normally indicate that you are over the infection if you are walking around versus being treated and I am not aware of any test for "shedding". Tests for having the infection would not make sense if you have no symptoms (it is not practical to test 320 million people). Having a negative test on Tuesday, means you do not have the virus on Tuesday. Maybe you get it Wednesday.

Zack

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Gee, how about we test people? There are tests for shedding, tests for anitbodies (doesn't mean you still aren't shedding) and tests for just plain having the virus. We see a lot more testing in other countries. You can't fix what you can't track. Monona

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While it is true that perhaps as much as 50% or those infected are asymptomatic, what else can be done as a screen in the absence of a readily available quick turn-around test for the virus or antibodies?

Temperature screening was more effective with SARS-1 since it looked like the asymptomatic were not infectious.

At least a temperature screen will identify _some_ of those infected. These days, the perfect cannot be the enemy of the "sort-of OK."

Peter Zavon, CIH
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