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With the declining accuracy of rapid antigen tests for covid, we need other solutions. Here's a roundup of some at-home molecular tests that offer extremely high accuracy 🧵
CUE's at home test offers the highest sensitivity, at 97.4% (100% in clinical use). But the cost is high!
Metrix comes in with almost the same test sensitivity as CUE, for a quarter of the cost 🙂
Communicating about covid needs and boundaries can be really hard. Here are some strategies that have helped me navigate this with less conflict and more success. 🧵
1. Discuss covid precautions ahead of time in a low-emotion environment.
2. Set them up for success by focusing on shared values. This could be a shared activity, tradition, or desire. The goal is to connect. Say something like, “I’m really looking forward to our Christmas Eve tradition.”
As I dive deeper into learning about far-UV, I've noticed something: every company whose exorbitant profits depend on the performance of irreplaceable single individuals has already invested *heavily* in this tech. Capitalists are the clearest-eyed among us in many ways 🤑
The reality of all your profits resting on the performance of healthy individuals at peak performance (e.g. soccer teams) has made capitalists install far-UV in locker rooms, buses, etc. They'll still throw the players away at the end. But in the meantime they keep them healthy.
It's also largely dependent on the structure of the contracts. When the capitalists are on the hook for loss in profits due to covid, they mitigate with far-UV like their lives depend on it. When the players/artists are on the hook, they don't invest in covid mitigation.
Rapid antigen tests have 2 jobs: 1. Show a true positive. 2. Show a true negative.
Below is a guide to understanding how well they do each of these jobs :)
Rapid antigen tests are very good at showing true positive cases of covid (average 99% reliable). This means if you test positive on a rapid test, you have covid.
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Rapid antigen tests are *very bad* at showing true negatives (average 69% reliable). This means if you test negative on a rapid test, you don’t know much. You may be fine, you may have covid.
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