I need to change the title of this piece from "Fast, Cheap [#COVID19] Tests Could Enable Safer Reopening"
Δ "Could" -> *Will*
science.sciencemag.org/content/369/65… @ScienceMagazine by @RobertFService
We need these now. For every household. It's the exit strategy from hibernation.
My table with some added info. Move from "infection" to "infectious". The latter is what we really need to know.
This requires validation and the @US_FDA needs to adopt a new standard, not PCR. Should have been completed months ago.
As emphasized in the text, the key besides speed is *frequency* of testing; multiple papers on that reviewed here.
I think the best is @DanLarremore's medrxiv.org/content/10.110…
Not surprisingly, @KatherineJWu is all over this today @NYTScience nytimes.com/2020/08/06/hea…
w/ @DanLarremore @michaelmina_lab @EBabady @melmillerphd @SBtotheDub
They may not be "less accurate" for what we want and need to know—is the person likely infectious?
Opportunites galore. Action is what is missing.
Saliva Direct medrxiv.org/content/10.110… @NathanGrubaugh @YaleMed @YaleEMD
A Better Way to Test
time.com/5873444/radica… @ashishkjha @TIME
Swab-See medrxiv.org/content/10.110… @JoshSBloom @leonidkruglyak
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