08-05-2020, 07:35 PM
(08-05-2020, 07:31 PM)oldalum Wrote: While we're on the topic of delays in reporting testing results, I can provide one real-time last week SCC example: my son flew in for his first visit since December. After arriving here, he self-isolated within our house--which of course affects his interactions with the rest of his family--and after 5 days got a test at a SCC pop-up site in San Jose. He was informed how to access the test results and that they would not be available for another 10-14 days. By which time he'll have left anyway. I am really unclear what benefit there is to the test--to him, us or the county--when the results are not available for that long. Seems like a waste of testing resources.
No question. If that is the turnaround time due to current volumes, we might as well test a small but statistically valid sample of people and turn it around immediately. That would contribute more to public health and save more lives.
Or we could just spend billions fixing testing, because we're spending trillions the longer we don't.