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Two academic brothers have a plan for putting the country back to work in just weeks
 BLUF:[Washington Examiner] The plan is to test groups of 1,000 people at a time on the assumption that the infection rate hovers around one in 1,000. Health officials could then flag infections in the sample and narrow them down until it becomes clear who the infected individuals are so they can be quarantined. The brothers believe that the plan would allow the economy to get back to work within two weeks of being implemented. They have laid out a version of the idea, which would have the government test all workers on designated days. Officials would swab all workers twice. The first swab would be pooled into groups of 1,000 and tested immediately. If that test turned up negative, all 1,000 would go to work. If the pooled sample tested positive, the second swap for all the workers would be tested individually, allowing officials to determine which individuals were affected, quarantine them, and allow the others to go back to work. Such an approach would allow for testing the whole country while using far fewer tests, which are still in short supply. Posted by: Besoeker 2020-04-07 |
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