‘Test, Test, Test!’: Scarcity, Tinkering, and Testing Policy Early in the COVID-19 Epidemic in France

‘Test, Test, Test!’: Scarcity, Tinkering, and Testing Policy Early in the COVID-19 Epidemic in France

This article follows the introduction of COVID-19 polymerase chain reaction (PCR) diagnostic tests in France. It shows how, at the intersection of science, medicine, politics, and policy-making, the test, trace, and isolate (TTI) strategy played out during the first months of the pandemic against a...

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Main Authors: Claire Beaudevin, Luc Berlivet, Soraya Boudia, Catherine Bourgain, Maurice Cassier, Jean-Paul Gaudillière, Ilana Löwy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Edinburgh Library 2021-07-01
Series:Medicine Anthropology Theory
Subjects:
france
covid-19 crisis
diagnostic tests
public health
hospital medicine
Online Access:http://www.medanthrotheory.org/article/view/5116

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http://www.medanthrotheory.org/article/view/5116

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