12/31/2022 0 Comments Lmms virus![]() The most effective testing strategies are stratified, rather than being a one-size-fits-all approach. ![]() So, testing has been at the very front line of the fight against COVID-19. Experience with a variety of other viral outbreaks certainly meant much of South East Asia had well developed protocols established, which centered around testing and isolation. What we have learned from COVID-19 is that the regions of the globe most successful in reducing the spread of the virus-think South Korea, Taiwan, and Australia to name a few-had a dual strategy of a rapid lockdown of the country, and extensive testing, Many tests per thousand people, and a low percentage of tests performed being positive, is a commonality. Typically only affected communities paid attention, but with COVID-19 that is all of us. ![]() HIV, SARS, MERS, bird flu, and zika had demonstrated that the emergence of new viruses can have an incredible effect on the world. Current events have just brought the importance of their work into focus. The type of research they were doing was no less important then than it is now. The papers in this virtual issue are by some of the researchers that have been developing tests to detect viruses. And not many people were interested in topics such as testing rates, testing methods, or testing speeds. When we caught a viral infection, most of us thought of a cold or flu, and expected aches, pains, and a stuffy head, but few of us feared loss of life. We seldom worried about contact with other people, or people walking past us in the street. As we sit here locked down in our homes while COVID-19 threatens how we live our lives, one thinks about the old life we led.
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