Should nucleic acid detection be carried out on a large scale in areas without epidemic situation?

Due to the recent epidemic situation, some people reported that there was no epidemic situation in their area, but large-scale nucleic acid testing was still carried out, and people could not help but have doubts. Should large-scale nucleic acid testing be carried out in areas without epidemic situation?

In fact, many experts have pointed out this problem. In areas where there is no epidemic, it is really unnecessary to carry out large-scale nucleic acid testing. Such a large-scale nucleic acid detection is still a waste of epidemic prevention resources.

First of all, it should be clear that the purpose of carrying out nucleic acid testing is to quickly find infected people, find them as soon as possible, isolate them as soon as possible, and treat them as soon as possible. Stop the spread of the epidemic by cutting off the transmission route of the virus. However, large-scale nucleic acid detection in places without epidemic situation is not only an unnecessary measure, but also a waste of epidemic prevention resources. Especially when China is still fighting the epidemic, we can't waste epidemic prevention resources to do these formal things. We should realize that nucleic acid testing is a means, not an attitude show.

Secondly, judging from the current epidemic prevention measures, adhering to scientific epidemic prevention and not supporting large-scale nucleic acid detection in areas without epidemic situation will only cause a large number of people to gather and provide a way for the virus to spread. Only by adhering to scientific epidemic prevention can we finally defeat the epidemic.

Finally, large-scale nucleic acid detection in epidemic-free areas will also affect the normal life and work rhythm of local people. After all, it takes time to queue up for nucleic acid testing. It is impossible to carry out large-scale nucleic acid detection in epidemic-free areas, and it also takes up the time for everyone to queue up for detection. This is not realistic at all. The impact of the COVID-19 epidemic exists in all aspects. Everyone wants to achieve the best prevention and control effect with the least cost, and scientific and accurate epidemic prevention is what everyone wants.