Regular testing key to reducing campus Covid spread – modelling

Canadian study examines impact of students returning to campus and different testing approaches on Covid-19 infections and deaths

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October 2, 2020
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October 2, 2020
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"In such instances, screening asymptomatic students every five days reduces the number of infections attributable to the introduction of university students by 42 per cent and delays the re-introduction of social and economic restrictions by a week. Testing every 14 days reduces the number of infections by 22 per cent." So it's a numbers game, test enough and you might stop spread, IF students behave as responsible adults: https://www.wessexscene.co.uk/news/2020/09/29/breach-of-coronavirus-guidlines-at-chamberlain-halls-causes-student-turmoil But it's not just undergrad students that need testing, PhD students and staff socialise, go to weddings etc and bring it onto campus as well, but that's a story for another day...

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