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1/25 @Gladwell did a brilliant interview podcast with @michaelmina_lab. One of the questions @Gladwell asked is why don’t we have the #dailyrapidtest already to fight #covid? The answer is the FDA. Here is a lightly edited transcript of that part of the podcast.
2/ The rapid tests for #covid look like a pregnancy test, and they work like a pregnancy test actually. It's a little piece of paper, generally speaking.
3/ And you put some of the sample, whether that is a swab that's been mixed with some saline solution, or saliva onto a paper strip, and... and it shows up with line. It turns either, for example, red if it's positive or blue if it's negative.
To stop major outbreaks - we either need major behavioral change - seems unlikely - need to shutdown the economy again, vaccines (all of which problematic), or we need the federal government to approve and then mass produce simple at home #dailyquicktests
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These are transmission indicating tests. Not specialized for diagnosing, but simply for telling someone when they might be transmitting virus.
They don’t need to be perfect, they just need to indicate if/when you are transmitting virus, even asymptomatic, and you stay home.
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They don’t need to be perfect, they just need to indicate if/when you are transmitting virus, even asymptomatic, and you stay home.
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If using these tests everyday, or every couple days, and negative, then you still do everything else the same. Social distancing, wear masks, etc. I do not want them@considered as passports to entry, least not yet.
Instead, The power of them is at the community level...
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Instead, The power of them is at the community level...
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