FDA is trying to shut down at-home testing! Here’s why that’s a bad idea:
1) Hospital visits themselves can cause infections.
2) Many errors in at-home sample collection can be detected with positive/negative controls, in which case the result is a retest — rather than no test!
1) Hospital visits themselves can cause infections.
2) Many errors in at-home sample collection can be detected with positive/negative controls, in which case the result is a retest — rather than no test!
Yes, at-home sample collection (eg nasal swab) will have higher error rate than if done by a nurse.
But you can detect many of these errors at the lab, and send a retest if necessary. And iterate on sample collection kit.
What you get: more testing, less nosocomial infections.
But you can detect many of these errors at the lab, and send a retest if necessary. And iterate on sample collection kit.
What you get: more testing, less nosocomial infections.
Let’s remember that the alternative to at-home testing is standing in a COVID19 testing line.
That’s basically a COVID19 meetup and a great way to *create* positives.
By stopping at-home testing, FDA is forcing you to risk your life to get tested.
That’s basically a COVID19 meetup and a great way to *create* positives.
By stopping at-home testing, FDA is forcing you to risk your life to get tested.
