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  • Study: Default testing for COVID-19 in K-12 schools more effective than voluntary testing

    Mar 13, 2024 9:00 am by Phil CicioraInsights
    Anton Ivanov and Ujjal Kumar Mukherjee, both professors of business administration at Illinois. Photo by Fred Zwicky and L. Brian Stauffer

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    • Anton Ivanov and Ujjal Kumar Mukherjee, both professors of business administration at Illinois. Photo by Fred Zwicky and L. Brian Stauffer

    A new paper co-written by U of I business professors found that default testing of K-12 students for COVID-19 during the pandemic could have saved up to one out of every five school days lost to the coronavirus during the fall 2021 semester.