I think it’s worth a shot. Around the world, countries will use different strategies long-term, and the best strategies will be employed by all others, eventually. If cheap and extensive testing works as a means of reducing infections, then the world will be better off for it. Rest assured, studies will be done, but before they can be done, funding has to be ensured. And that‘s what I see this article try to do.

I think condemning professionals for looking into other domains is not conducive to scientific discourse. The silo-ing of domains that has developed in recent decades IMO leads to local optima.