Experts still focus on COVID-19 testing as preventative measure for spread
Published: January 22, 2021 5:52 PM EST
Updated: January 22, 2021 5:57 PM EST
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There is a new push for widespread testing as Americans who are eligible wait on vaccinations.
One health care provider in Southwest Florida says it’s now offering free testing, and medical experts say this is key to keeping people out of the hospital.
It goes back to pre-symptomatic or asymptomatic spread. If you don’t know you’re infected, you can’t isolate. Without that step, the virus can keep spreading.
Julie Pedretti is the COVID-19 community relations director for Healthcare Network. She says testing remains an important piece of stopping the spread, because it’s going to take time for the country to reach herd immunity.