Testing... testing... 1-2-3...As the world attempts to get back to pre-pandemic normal, the question remains: how do we protect people from being infected in the course of daily life? But our Health secretary and our testing czar do not seem to realize there are two concepts at play: medical diagnostic testing and public health testing. So it is less accurate for the public health question: am I infectious?”The benefit of testing, Dr Mina points out, whether it’s PCR or rapid testing, is frequency of the test. Rapid tests were found to work very well in answering the question: Am I infectious and a risk to others? Rapid testing is probably the way of the future for countries eager to get back as close to normal as possible.

Source: Philippine Star September 28, 2021 16:19 UTC