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Extraordinary work from @bc_selfcare and @CarolineColijn . "The SFU team determined that if rapid testing was used for every visitor, there could be a 90% reduction in the number of exposures from visitors. ...
And if screening was done every three days for staff, there would be a 45-55% reduction in the number of outbreaks introduced inadvertently by staff." https://www.safecarebc.ca/2021/01/29/modelling-from-sfu-researchers-suggests-screening-with-rapid-testing-could-reduce-covid-19-transmission-in-long-term-care/
That 40-55% of hundreds of preventable deaths in LTC in BC @SrsAdvocateBC
To quote in detail: "
Given current delays in the production and distribution of COVID vaccines for healthcare workers and our seniors population, there is still a need for rapid testing of staff, visitors, and residents in long-term care. The SFU team determined that if rapid
Given current delays in the production and distribution of COVID vaccines for healthcare workers and our seniors population, there is still a need for rapid testing of staff, visitors, and residents in long-term care. The SFU team determined that if rapid
testing was used for every visitor, there could be a 90% reduction in the number of exposures from visitors. And if screening was done every three days for staff, there would be a 45-55% reduction in the number of outbreaks introduced inadvertently by staff."
We have the technology sitting in warehouses. @LisaBarrettID has civilians running these tests in NS. The failure to introduce routine antigen testing has been, in BC alone, equivalent to a 747 crash with all hands lost.
