they will get a batch of tests from a geographical region by street address or whatever. They will test one, if it's positive they will assume the rest are positive.
So either it's because they are massively overworked and don't have time, or it's laziness, or it's some "scientific" assumption, or it's fraud.
Hard to say why this happens but all I know for sure is that it's running up the cases massively.
There was a time where “pooled” testing was done. When there was not enough testing reagents they would mix a bunch together to run in the lab as a pool and if a single test was positive then the pool could be sub tested. I don’t think they would just call everyone positive but would then retest all the members of the pool. That is the pooled testing concept...government execution may vary.
Ps worked better in fixed locations like nursing homes or during hard lockdowns in large apartment buildings etc
Dont they just dump all the samples into one pot, stir it a bit and test the result? Pretty sure I read rhat somewhere, might be just nz
they will get a batch of tests from a geographical region by street address or whatever. They will test one, if it's positive they will assume the rest are positive.
So either it's because they are massively overworked and don't have time, or it's laziness, or it's some "scientific" assumption, or it's fraud.
Hard to say why this happens but all I know for sure is that it's running up the cases massively.
They should throw in some Eye of Newt for that extra Science.
Yep, I think that's why they could only give us % numbers of the variants and not actual case numbers. At least in the UK too, not sure of elsewhere.
There was a time where “pooled” testing was done. When there was not enough testing reagents they would mix a bunch together to run in the lab as a pool and if a single test was positive then the pool could be sub tested. I don’t think they would just call everyone positive but would then retest all the members of the pool. That is the pooled testing concept...government execution may vary.
Ps worked better in fixed locations like nursing homes or during hard lockdowns in large apartment buildings etc