RE: Telegraph25 Mar 2021 08:10
Fully agree mowser and that’s the stick that Deeks will use to try to beat us with. In his warped mind he expects LFDs to pick up everyone. He’s arguing against using a ct of 25 as the cut off for infectiousness. Our results have been to 26 which helps, but Deeks would probably want 30 or something ridiculous. The excellent study that Sisu posted showed that there are very few infectious case that go beyond 25. Deeks doesn’t seem able to grasp the benefit of regular testing as he prefers a one off PCR that tells you nothing that will help control transmission. I get his point about incorrectly using them as a test to allow freedoms rather than a test not encourage isolation, but the language of the govt seems to have changed in that regard. Get them out there, test regularly, get the r value down and stamp down on outbreaks. Pandemic over, it’s as easy as that.