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Well sure. If someone is showing symptoms you want

Posted on: April 21, 2020 at 22:12:59 CT

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to know if they have it. It will probably affect treatment and so on.

The antibody tests can let you know how many people in a community have already been infected.

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I don’t get the necessity of mass testing - tiger4real MU - 4/21 21:52:15

RE: I don’t get the necessity of mass testing - BH O'bonga MU - 4/22 06:42:09

Outbreaks do stretch resources - meatiger MU - 4/21 21:53:35

We do?. When was the last mass testing for the fllu? - tman MU - 4/21 21:59:22

RE: We do?. When was the last mass testing for the fllu? - meatiger MU - 4/21 22:02:56

Lets go with your numbers for discussion purposes. - tman MU - 4/21 23:08:38

With a novel virus - meatiger MU - 4/21 23:51:00

We have the capacity to be stretched now - tiger4real MU - 4/21 21:58:14

Your OP was on testing - meatiger MU - 4/21 21:59:19

Testing requires resources - tiger4real MU - 4/21 22:04:36

Serum testing for antibodies gives more useful information - JeffB MU

- 4/21 22:04:28

A bit of both is helpful - meatiger MU - 4/21 22:06:31

Well sure. If someone is showing symptoms you want - JeffB MU

- 4/21 22:12:59

If I am a biz owner - meatiger MU - 4/21 22:14:50

I would think you would just check temperatures & maybe ask - JeffB MU

- 4/21 22:21:13

You are contagious before symptoms are shown (nm) - Da_Haze KC - 4/21 22:32:29

Yes. From what I've read & heard, people can be contagious - JeffB MU

- 4/21 22:43:33

Not completely sure - meatiger MU - 4/21 22:25:58

That's the wrong way to go about business continuation - JeffB MU

- 4/21 22:41:12

Yep - meatiger MU - 4/21 22:45:21

So you agree then, let’s get on with it and open up - tiger4real MU - 4/21 22:19:39

I would be fine with a couple of weeks of - meatiger MU - 4/21 22:26:45