… testing every staff member who works at a long term care facility on a bi weekly basis. So that's over 200,000 people that are being tested every two weeks. Fortunately, The positivity rate [for long-term care facility staff testing] has been about 3%, which is lower than it is in the community. At the same time, 3% of 200,000, you know, that's about 6,000 staff members that have tested positive. And so, but we believe that periodic testing like that, routine testing, we could identify if a staff member has it. (07:00–07:05)
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Asserts that the positivity rate for long-term care facility staff testing is about 3%, lower than the community rate.
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