Indiscipline, antigen tests & possible mutation behind Delhi Covid surge — Expert Panel Chief

Antigen tests create a false security in the people as both PCR & antigen takes swabs but has different sensitivities. Majority don't know the difference. https://theprint.in/health/indiscipline-antigen-tests-possible-mutation-behind-delhi-covid-surge-expert-panel-chief/491113/

Antigen tests are fast and cheap.

But over reliance on a single Antigen tests leaves at least 50% false negatives to the society, who have a false sense of safety that they are not infected.

These strategy may help the Governments to show some favourable statistics, but....

At the end of day, the single dose of antigen tests became one of the reasons for more spread of the virus as it makes a sceptical one to have a false hope!

The solution is at least a repeat antigen, if you can't have an RT-PCR, and also keep the ones under surveillance.

This is what statistics and theory of probability dictates.

Either you can listen to the reasoning of science or you can blindly chew the convenient statistics.

Choice is yours, you will have to pay a price for the choices you make too.

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