Today - I’m excited about not just antigen tests but introduction of at-home PCR-like tests like @HomodeusInc that are in works
These will serve so many purposes!
A major one is as gold-standard to confirm rapid antigen tests in the home/school/work w/out need for lab PCR
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These will serve so many purposes!
A major one is as gold-standard to confirm rapid antigen tests in the home/school/work w/out need for lab PCR
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These tests will bring the full power of a PCR lab into the home! Or School, or work, or small medical clinic
They won’t scale as high as antigen tests in terms of numbers, but it makes them optimal for them to serve, in part, as confirmatory tests for antigen tests
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They won’t scale as high as antigen tests in terms of numbers, but it makes them optimal for them to serve, in part, as confirmatory tests for antigen tests
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False positives for example do happen (not frequently) in antigen tests. Confirming w a 2nd antigen test is one way forward
We want to be sure a +ve in a nursing home is true so a person is cohorted correctly (otherwise a potentially deadly mistake).
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We want to be sure a +ve in a nursing home is true so a person is cohorted correctly (otherwise a potentially deadly mistake).
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In very high risk settings where a false positive can be deadly (vs at home where a FP simply means staying home for a day or two) having a new type of very rapid molecular test like the @HomodeusInc or others will be game changing to keep ppl safe
So many other uses too
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So many other uses too
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