Dr. Barry Dworkin

How “pool testing” could help reduce number of daily tests yet help increase the chances of finding early outbreaks of Covid-19 infections in regions of low disease incidence.

Medical Mythbusting Commentary for June 29, 2020

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‘Pool testing’ could help U.S. crank up to millions of tests per day

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