20 percent of Alabama’s COVID-19 patients under 18 have been admitted to the ICU
“Most of the rapid home tests look for a virus protein called an antigen, instead of replicating virus DNA like the standard lab test that can take several days to report results. These lab tests are highly sensitive, and can detect even a small amount of the virus—but are expensive and time-consuming, requiring labs and technicians.
* Rapid at-home antigen tests would allow individuals to spit in a tube and wait just 15 or 20 minutes for a result. * “
Problem is that FDA is blocking the use of these, even under an EUA, by requiring they be 90% as accurate as PCR test, and include notification to health authorities.
A 50% accuracy is all that’s needed to make these quick, cheap tests very effective for public health use.
FDA is killing people by blocking these tests from reopening schools. Without surveillance opening schools just gives the virus a new pathway to spread.