Posted on 11/18/2020 2:22:50 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
Washington (AFP) - The US issued an emergency use authorization for the first self-administered rapid coronavirus test Tuesday, as more parts of the country increase restrictions in an attempt to halt a Covid-19 surge.
The Food and Drug Administration approved a testing kit for people age 14 and older whom a doctor suspects to have Covid-19. The test, which is by prescription only, delivers results in 30 minutes.
"We continue to demonstrate unprecedented speed in response to #COVID19," tweeted FDA commissioner Stephen Hahn.
The authorization is for an at-home nasal sample kit developed by Lucira Health. Users collect a sample with the included nasal swab, then put the sample in a small vial.
The vial is inserted into a small device that tests the sample. A light-up display on the device shows a user's result in 30 minutes or less.
The test is designed to be affordable and is intended to cost less than $50, according to the Lucira Health website.
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Why would anyone ever willingly take a COVID-19 test?
$50 a test is affordable?
SNORT.
Why don’t I just wait until I actually feel sick to know I have it instead of taking a test? Because that apparently almost never happens.
The test is designed to be affordable and is intended to cost less than $50
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affordable for some.
Will the “Rapid Home Covid-19 test” have as high a percentage of false positive results as the ones administered by the hospitals and the governments?
Or maybe even higher false positive rates?
Will it actually be testing for specifically living Covid-19, or will any SARS type flu or coronavirus or their antibodies set it off like the ones administered by the hospitals or the governments do?
Think about it
Affordable. I sell Korean tests that are 98% accurate for under $20 a test. That’s retail.
Results are under 10 mins not 30 too.
Much more false testing in immediate future I predict.
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