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Refusing Testing During a Pandemic.

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According to news reports, some passengers feared that undergoing testing or receiving positive results could lengthen their quarantine and delay their ability to return home, among other reasons for declining… Click to show full abstract

According to news reports, some passengers feared that undergoing testing or receiving positive results could lengthen their quarantine and delay their ability to return home, among other reasons for declining testing 2 The reliability oftesting might influence people's willingness to participate A review of seven studies examining reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction testing for SARS-CoV-2 found that median false-negative rates exceeded 20%, even days to weeks after the onset of patients' symptoms 3 Reports about false-negative test results have raised concerns that testing for SARS-CoV-2 may not be accurate According to the US Census Bureau, 27 5 million people lacked health insurance throughout 2018, and these numbers are likely to rise, as more than 40 million Americans have filed for unemployment over the past several months

Keywords: testing pandemic; refusing testing

Journal Title: American journal of public health
Year Published: 2020

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