I must have misread this. Or maybe not.

We are testing all secondary pupils before or when they return.

Then only testing close contacts... (not regularly testing all) so that they can stay in school if negative.
So... that will stop the spread by IDing asymptomatic cases at the start.

But then will stop the spread no less than currently where those same kids that are close contacts are isolating.
And that’s before the worries about false negatives.

Basically it looks like after the first tests this strategy might keep a few kids in school but will do nothing to stop the spread.

What have I got wrong?
And in fact, because of false negatives, this expensive strategy that now has everyone losing 40,000 hours of school or whatever will actually lead to more spread as those kids will be in school rather than isolating?
I’m still glad I’m not making the decisions, but I also don’t get it.
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