Posted on 04/13/2023 6:43:05 PM PDT by nickcarraway
You may not have to throw out your expired at-home COVID-19 test as many of the dates have been moved past their printed expiration dates.
The printed expiration dates were determined by a U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved shelf-life of about four to six months, but further data shows that they may continue to be accurate for months longer.
Among the at-home COVID-19 tests with extended shelf lives are brands such as Abbot BinaxNow, iHealth Rapid Antigen Test, CareStart by Access Bio.
Multiple rounds of at-home tests were mailed out to U.S. residents for free, typically from iHealth, which are now extended to a 15-month shelf-life. Residents who have not ordered their free rounds of COVID-19 at-home tests can still do so through the United States Postal Service.
The extended shelf lives vary, with some extending up to 24 months, such as the Flowflex COVID-19 Antigen home test, Celltrion DiaTrust at-home test and Siemens CLINITEST rapid test.
The FDA said it will continue to update the expiration dates of at-home rapid tests, but the current status of all tests can be found on the FDA website.
Both California and Los Angeles COVID-19 state of emergency declarations expired on March 31. Despite the end of the emergency regulations, health insurance providers are still required to pay for up to eight over-the-counter COVID-19 tests per month.
I’ve never taken a covid test, nor a single vaccine.
Unlike the CDC, I actually have a strong background in science, and an open mind. I found the guys who really know this stuff, and read what they wrote.
Everything the US Government did for the pandemic was wrong. And I knew it at the time. Thank God I live in Florida. I live here for a reason.
Well it pushes one to go see a doc….which they probably haven’t for years
That defies common sense.
Well it doesn’t really defy common sense. Some viruses shed heavily shortly before symptoms appear. COVID is one of them. Symptoms are a lagging indicator of illness.
They’re just making this Shiite up as they go along.
We never asked for them and they keep sending them - many have already expired by the time they arrive...which makes it really easy to trash them...
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