Rapid tests for SARS-CoV-2 can allow us to safely reopen schools and the economy. An all-volunteer group. Account managed by @Chris_Said and @curlyQbit.
Answer this poll *only* if a member of your household tested positive for Covid, quarantined outside the house for ~5 days, and returned while they were still positive on antigen tests.
Did anyone in the house get sick as a result?
@peonysniffer Figure 2 and 4 in this paper are pretty relevant. But for lots of people (particularly vaccinated), symptom onset precedes meaningful infectiousness. For others, symptoms last for days after infectiousness stops. https://t.co/LJeTkG18RY
Agree w/@BillGates call for faster drugs, but in novel pandemics, this will still take *months*
W/exponential growth, we need to contain spread right away
Rapid test platforms that can be configured to new pathogens within *weeks* could do this
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Large-scale implementation of rapid antigen testing system for COVID-19 in workplaces https://t.co/7tL14derVm Our new paper in Science Advances on @cdlscreening
Confused about rapid tests?
The federal government launched a website so that people in the US can order free at-home antigen test kits
@Tan_Shelly breaks down how reliable these tests are and what your next move should be if you’re looking to get tested. https://t.co/Gpexk7w0Do
KFF is all over how to get at-home COVID tests today: what private insurers are doing, Medicaid coverage, Medicare coverage, and inequities.
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In which one reporter selflessly figures out which at-home test is the most fun. // The Enthusiast's Guide To At-Home COVID-19 Tests https://t.co/sV2FKXPdNC
As we think through how we are using rapid tests today - we MUST use them strategically!
We don’t send troops and guns overseas without a clearly defined strategy and hope to win a battle
We send them w a strategy and prioritize the most effective uses
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People are coming to the ER for rapid tests because they need them early enough to qualify for monoclonal antibody. But we don’t have rapid tests nor antibody in the ER. FYI.
Rapid testing is one of the most effective tools to reduce transmission of COVID.
In contrast to many other tests, it is a public health tool that enables people to take the right decision at a difficult time.
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Happy to share our contribution to the discussion on #antigentests for #Omicron
We found no differences in performance for the BinaxNOW in omi vs #delta
Remember that analytic sensitivity and clinical sensitivity are 2 different things
IMPORTANT - Please share
Many ppl are frustrated that the @US_FDA is telling people not to use a nasal swab as a throat swab
Don’t be! You should be thanking them.
Seriously, you should. Here’s why:
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