Experts call for rethink of lateral flow mass testing for Covid in UK
by Sarah Boseley Health editor from Science | The Guardian on (#5CQFA)
Government urged to pause non-lab tests for asymptomatic cases amid fears over accuracy
Experts are calling on the UK government to halt or pause its mass testing programme for people without symptoms in care homes, schools, communities and potentially at home, warning that the lateral flow devices it has bought are inaccurate and can do more harm than good.
Prof Jon Deeks, of Birmingham University and the Royal Statistical Society, and colleagues say the public is being misled.
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