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Pros and Cons of the Effectiveness of the Corona Virus Rapid Test by the
Government of Indonesia

Issue

Research shows that covid-19 reports laboratory viruses or viruses being

manipulated on purpose. In conclusion, the researchers said they believed that there
were no various types of laboratory-based scenarios that made sense for the
intelligence of Covid-19. In his presentation, the researchers concluded that the
covid-19 news was created by humans because it was not part of the backbone (DNA
sequence) of the virus that had been previously used in engineering. The possibility
of covid-19 emerged, researchers later, from reintegrating elements (recombination)
of viruses found in bats and other viruses that probably originated from pangolins.
"There is no evidence that SARS-CoV-2, which is the virus that causes Covid-19 to
emerge from the laboratory. In fact, this is the kind of known natural disease event
that researchers in the field like me have been warning of for years," the expert said.
evolutionary virology involved in research. As with many other world events, there
are groups of people who say that the Covid-19 pandemic is the result of a
conspiracy. If you are in this group then the following research results are worth
listening to. Researchers from Tulane University, United States, trying to find out the
truth of the accusation. Their results have been published in the scientific journal
Nature Medicine recently.

Argument

Issue: the pros and cons of rapid tests using the blood test method to screen Covid-19
cases in Indonesia, continues. Experts consider this step ineffective in the spread of
the corona virus. The government spokesman for the handling of the coronavirus,
Achmad Yurianto, explained that this test was indeed carried out based on patient
contact tracing and was not directed to make a diagnosis. He said the test investigates
antibodies in the body and is a first step

Pro argument: If a person who tests negative but then develops symptoms, he or she
will be asked by self-quarantine to take another test for at least seven days from the
previous test. "When the test is found to be positive, then this is dcidentifierance, a
guide for us to carry out antigen checks using a method that we already know, namely
real-time PCR. This is then used as a basis in the organization by establishing a
diagnosis," said Yurianto. He added that not all positive patients will be hospitalized
and can carry out isolation in their own homes. If then the results are positive from
the PCR and then it appears that you cannot do self-isolation at home, because there
are symptoms of heat, cough, tightness, or we find other disease factors as
comorbidities, for example people with hypertension, diabetes, heart disorders,
chronic kidney failure - Then this group must be isolated in the hospital, "said
Yurianto. Patients who need intensive care will be referred to a referral hospital.

Counter Arguments: Ahmad Utomo, a molecular biologist from the Stem Cell and
Cancer Institute, criticized the reliance on the rapid test method, which was
considered ineffective in limiting the spread of Covid-19. Utomo explained that the
test was a method so simple that it could produce "false negatives". He explained that
the weakness lies in the time it takes to treat antibodies. Utomo said that the 'rapid
test' was less fast in preventing transmission of the virus. "Actually, this rapid test can
only wait for the antibodies. However, these antibodies are too late, while the virus
has entered first. So if we want to screen, for example, use this cheap rapid test, it's
actually too late," said Utomo.

Conclusion: the people to be tested were divided into three categories based on their
level of risk of exposure. The first priority is category A, or the most risky. They
include people with ODP (Monitoring Personnel) status, PDP (Patients Under
Supervision), and those in the patient's family, friends and neighbors, as well as
medical personnel. The test for Category A is carried out in local health facilities .
Participants can receive the results within 15 minutes.