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Old Apr 15, 2021, 6:47 pm
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Originally Posted by radonc1
Lets use an example of another illness and see if we have eliminated testing.

Flu
When someone comes down with the flu, we still test for it even though we have vaccinations for the virus. Testing not only allows us to calculate the incidence of the virus but also determine the variants in circulation.

I cannot see why Covid-19 will be any different.

So the simple answer is no. Testing will continue. What will change is how we test and whether "home testing " will come into being. Stay tuned
The USA does not test every returning passenger for flu.🙄 That is what OP is reasonably asking. NOT about testing in general

Proof of vax should be sufficient for covid. And we don’t do that for flu.
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