From WSJopinion: Hunting for asymptomatic cases encourages pointless shutdowns with few lives saved. Protect the vulnerable instead of testing the young, write Dr. Jay Bhattacharya and MartinKulldorff
Should people who aren’t sick be tested for Covid-19? In August the Centers for Disease and Control Prevention revised its guidance to suggest focusing on the elderly and patients with symptoms.
One may be excused for thinking that more testing is always better, but that isn’t true. Anyone can be infected with the virus, but there is a thousandfold difference in the risk of death between the young and the old. Testing strategy should reflect that.To Read the Full Story
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