Per my last email, a couple of you had your curiosity stoked and asked for sources. Suggest that anyone similarly interested start here, by taking a look at these resources. I'll highlight especially the work and bully-pulpit shouting of George Mason economist Alex Tabarrok:
https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2021/08/testing-abundance. html https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2021/06/update-on-rapid-te sting-for-covid.html https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2020/07/frequent-fast-and- cheap-is-better-than-sensitive.html https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2021/09/the-nytimes-on-the -fda-and-rapid-tests.html Good summary of the situation, from early September: https://www.cato.org/commentary/us-regulators-are-failing-rapid-test Harvard professor Michael Mina (https://ccdd.hsph.harvard.edu/people/michael-mina/) with a twitter thread: https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/1362883049466122240 Nobel Laureate Paul Romer: https://paulromer.net/covid-sim-part3/ Biden administration's plans: https://news.yahoo.com/biden-administration-to-buy-more-rapid-test-but-exper ts-say-more-are-needed-221030199.html Good book on the topic: https://www.cato.org/books/economics-one-virus Scientific articles: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2783550 https://www.umassmed.edu/news/news-archives/2021/07/serial-rapid-antigen-tes ting-on-par-with-pcr-covid-19-tests-radx-team-reports/ https://www.nber.org/system/files/working_papers/w27780/w27780.pdf https://www.thelancet.com/journals/laninf/article/PIIS1473-3099(21)00268-1/f ulltext And a general indictment of the FDA: https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/adumbrations-of-aducanumab HTH, --Dennis
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