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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.
