Important article on testing from the NYT: According to public health experts, "standard tests are diagnosing huge numbers of people who may be carrying relatively insignificant amounts of the virus. Most of these people are not likely to be contagious" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/29/health/coronavirus-testing.html
In a sample from NY, MA, and NV, "up to 90 percent of people testing positive carried barely any virus, a review by The Times found."
On the need to transition to rapid (but less sensitive) tests "It might not catch every last one of the transmitting people, but it sure will catch the most transmissible people, including the superspreaders,” Dr. Mina said.“That alone would drive epidemics practically to zero.”:
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