Con tantas personas usando pruebas caseras (que en su mayoría no se reportan en los conteos oficiales), ¿cómo podemos rastrear de manera confiable la transmisión de COVID-19?
Data and Metrics Posts en Español Testing and Contact Tracing
Sandra Albrecht, PhD MPH
El uso de pruebas caseras complica el registro de todos los casos nuevos, ya que si alguien se hace una prueba casera de COVID-19, posiblemente no informe los resultados (ya sean positivos o negativos) al departamento de salud. Como resultado, el conteo total de casos nuevos y el rastreo de positividad (pruebas positivas/pruebas totales) se Read more…
Help! It’s Day 10 and my rapid antigen test is still positive. Am I contagious?
Testing and Contact Tracing
Chana Davis, PhD
A: For most people, the risk of spreading to COVID to others is likely minimal after Day 10 – but not so low that you can throw caution to the wind. While rapid antigen tests can be useful as proxies for contagiousness, their value is unclear after Day 10. Infectious disease experts generally support exiting Read more…
El uso de pruebas caseras complica el registro de todos los casos nuevos, ya que si alguien se hace una prueba casera de COVID-19, posiblemente no informe los resultados (ya sean positivos o negativos) al departamento de salud. Como resultado, el conteo total de casos nuevos y el rastreo de positividad (pruebas positivas/pruebas totales) se Read more…
Help! It’s Day 10 and my rapid antigen test is still positive. Am I contagious?
Testing and Contact TracingChana Davis, PhD
A: For most people, the risk of spreading to COVID to others is likely minimal after Day 10 – but not so low that you can throw caution to the wind. While rapid antigen tests can be useful as proxies for contagiousness, their value is unclear after Day 10. Infectious disease experts generally support exiting Read more…
A: For most people, the risk of spreading to COVID to others is likely minimal after Day 10 – but not so low that you can throw caution to the wind. While rapid antigen tests can be useful as proxies for contagiousness, their value is unclear after Day 10. Infectious disease experts generally support exiting Read more…
