""Testing is central" to the outbreak response, said Kang, "because that leads to early detection. It minimizes further spread." And it allows health authorities to quickly isolate and treat those found with the virus.Hong Kong and Singapore have followed similar paths in responding to this outbreak.
They've used testing aggressively to identify cases — not only testing people who are so sick that they're hospitalized but also mild cases and even suspected cases.
They've quarantined tens of thousands of people who may have been exposed to confirmed cases."
https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsa...the-outbreak-without-shutting-everything-down
They've used testing aggressively to identify cases — not only testing people who are so sick that they're hospitalized but also mild cases and even suspected cases.
They've quarantined tens of thousands of people who may have been exposed to confirmed cases."
https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsa...the-outbreak-without-shutting-everything-down
"The vast majority of the people ordered to quarantine at home are perfectly healthy and never do get sick, but the few who do develop symptoms can be quickly isolated further. Tedros of the WHO refers to this as cutting off the virus at the bud — basically stopping the virus from spreading further and preventing community transmission."
"The aggressive efforts by Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore and South Korea to investigate and isolate every possible infection is exactly what the World Health Organization has been calling for since January.
The WHO's Maria Van Kerkhove acknowledged this week that for countries dealing with hundreds and even thousands of new cases every day, "finding every case" can be difficult.
"We hear you. This is overwhelming," Van Kerkhove said on Wednesday. "But it's really important for us to take the examples of all these countries, look at what they did as it relates to the epidemiology in their country and learn from them."
The WHO's Maria Van Kerkhove acknowledged this week that for countries dealing with hundreds and even thousands of new cases every day, "finding every case" can be difficult.
"We hear you. This is overwhelming," Van Kerkhove said on Wednesday. "But it's really important for us to take the examples of all these countries, look at what they did as it relates to the epidemiology in their country and learn from them."
My opinion. We are somewhat too late now. We didn't even have enough testing capacity to test the sick, let alone the "not sick". I am pretty sure this is still the case, although getting better. It could be a way to get some lesser affected areas open more quickly.
I look at this article as more of an SOP on how to do this next time, cause I am pretty sure there will be a next time. The reaction of the US kind of reminded me of a hurricane situation in Florida. If it is under a cat 2, don't bother me. If it is 5-7 days out, no biggie. It isn't until a certain point that the majority take it seriously, and by then it is mass hysteria.
I look at this article as more of an SOP on how to do this next time, cause I am pretty sure there will be a next time. The reaction of the US kind of reminded me of a hurricane situation in Florida. If it is under a cat 2, don't bother me. If it is 5-7 days out, no biggie. It isn't until a certain point that the majority take it seriously, and by then it is mass hysteria.
