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Publisher’s Commentary by Wallace Allen
Testing The Test!
The test for COVID-19 is being suggested by some and required by some others. Various activities and events may require evidence of a negative test in order to participate or attend. Having a negative test days before the planned activity or event is often the recommended policy that represents the safe way to gather with others.
Does a negative result from a COVID-19 test truly indicate the COVID-19 status of the person who took the test?
Should we consider the recent exposure that occurred too recently for the test to detect or exposure any time after the test?
Thinking it through seems to suggest that the only thing that the test can really determine is if someone were negative at the time of the test, which is not an indication of their immediate, and certainly not their long-term status, such as one day later.
Taking the vaccine has become a social argument that is now documenting strong results for the vaccinated; however, the unvaccinated have among them some that take the efficiency gaps in bureaucratic policy, logic and procedures as reason to fight the shot.
If we were all tested daily, we would find people that test positive today who tested negative yesterday.
Insisting that taking the test is a truly relevant procedure feeds that skepticism. The energy and resources used on testing are probably better used elsewhere.
