As more testing sites close across Central Florida, one medical research expert says random sample testing is the best way to trace the virus.
For weeks cars have lined up at testing sites across the state testing those who already suspect they have the novel coronavirus but that may not be the best measure to determine how the virus is circulating through the community, according to Dr.
Ali Mokdad. “Not people coming to a clinic, not people who were in contact with somebody else, that’s what you need as a state, and I know in Florida they do that,” Mokadad said.
Mokdad is a researcher with the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington. IHME COVID-19 projections have been widely used to track the virus