Dionne Aleman, a professor of industrial engineering and CHE affiliate at the University of Toronto, noted that testing needs to be not just widespread, but also random.
She pointed to the example set by Iceland, where the government said it has tested a higher proportion of its citizens than anywhere else in the world. Data from the country suggests a significant number of people who tested positive were asymptomatic or had mild symptoms.
“That’s something that we need to do, and that we need to understand, before restrictions can be lifted in any meaningful way,” she told HuffPost.
Full article at: Huffington Post Canada (April 29: MSN News; April 30: Press From)