Australia to expand use of coronavirus rapid antigen tests, page-26

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AstraZeneca lead scientist says Delta makes mass testing pointless in UK

When about 75 per cent of those who contracted Delta in that town were fully vaccinated, RAT's need to be used everywhere possible NOW , waiting 48 hours or more for a PCR test result is disgraceful, the AstraZenacca statement above is very dangerous when the vaccines are not working very well at all , Vaccinations ,testing and isolating will help control the various covid strains present and to come, AstraZenneca make $billions ??? stating testing is pointless is irresponsible.

A Public Health England (PHE) study found both the Oxford-AstraZeneca and Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines effective against Delta variant hospitalisation. And the UK’s Delta infection rate has begun to fall.
But, last week, the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in the US published a new case study of a Delta outbreak in Provincetown, Massachusetts.
It prompted the CDC to advise even fully vaccinated people to continue wearing masks.
About 75 per cent of those who contracted Delta in that town were fully vaccinated. About 470 cases were detected. Five were hospitalised. None died.
But the study found the same levels of Covid Delta virus living in the noses and throats of both the vaccinated and unvaccinated.
That may be because existing vaccines are good at generating antibodies in the body’s bloodstream, but not the mucus membranes of the nose and throat.