NEW: The Ministry of Long-Term Care is now mandating that homes use rapid antigen tests for staff, visitors, volunteers & caregivers starting Feb. 8 in Toronto, York, Peel, Windsor-Essex, Ottawa, Durham, Simcoe-Muskoka, according to memo, and Feb. 16 in other PHUs #onpoli
This is all too true....
Rapid antigen tests are working so well!
>90% sensitivity when contagious
>99.98% specificity
Every day a PCR result takes to return, you lose ~20% effectiveness to stop spread - and that’s best case: *IF* the PCR swab is used very early in infection.
#Canada can't keep navel-gazing on testing. Let's start using more #rapidtesting to stop the spread of #COVID19 and save lives.
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