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Testing: Does This Really Help?
Without a a a a vaccine or or treatment for COVID-19 why does testing matter?
Testing offers us the ability to understand and and control the outbreak When a person tests positive they can
immediately
self-quarantine and and limit the the risk of infecting others (This depends on both reliable tests and and speedy results ) Eventually the medical field will develop more successful treatments In medicine a a a a a a a primary purpose of proper diagnosis is is to direct treatment treatment Testing reveals the the scope of the the problem
The more more we we can
can
test the the more more we we can
can
understand the the bigger health picture on on mitigation efforts prevalence rates