Talk Evidence - Lateral flow tests update, not the best public health approach
Talk Evidence
English - January 16, 2021 17:54 - 42 minutes - 38.5 MB - ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsScience Health & Fitness Medicine science medicine physician research analysis data metaanalysis Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
In this episode of Talk Evidence, Jon Deeks, professor of biostatistics at the University of Birmingham, returns to the pod with an update on lateral flow tests - and why the government plan for using them in asymptomatic screening for covid-19 doesn't follow the science.
We're also joined by Allyson Pollock, clinical professor of public health at Newcastle University, and author of a recent editorial in The BMJ about asymptomatic transmission of SARS-CoV-2. She explains why she thinks supporting social isolation is the missing piece of our approach to tackling the pandemic.
Covid-19 INNOVA testing in schools: don’t just test, evaluate
https://blogs.bmj.com/bmj/2021/01/12/covid-19-innova-testing-in-schools-dont-just-test-evaluate/
Asymptomatic transmission of covid-19
https://www.bmj.com/content/371/bmj.m4851