I’m so old, I remember when we got sick, we generally had to stay home – now you need to be tested to confirm you are sick! Flu: Tested positive during the holidays? Here’s what you should do | CNN
- Getting tested for flu has no impact on your treatment or disease progression.
- Flu testing in hospitals is the only place that testing “potentially” reduced the spread of flu (and even that is uncertain).
- There is no evidence that testing people at home accomplishes anything.
- There is no evidence that flu testing has reduced the community spread of influenza.
