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Rapid Tests

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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.

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Michael Mina (@michaelmina_lab) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Great news! The US is using the resources available to get testing out to people. Yes, many questions remain, but this is a great start!! This, plus the new White House testing lead Tom Inglesby, MD - a data driven, pragmatic balanced and effective leader! washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/01…

Michael Mina (@michaelmina_lab) 's Twitter Profile Photo

IMPORTANT - Please share Many ppl are frustrated that the U.S. 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: Short Thread 1/

Sanjat Kanjilal (@sanjatkanjilal) 's Twitter Profile Photo

medrxiv.org/content/10.110… 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

medrxiv.org/content/10.110… 

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
Prof Irene Petersen (@i_petersen) 's Twitter Profile Photo

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. 1/

Esther Choo, MD MPH (@choo_ek) 's Twitter Profile Photo

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.

Michael Mina (@michaelmina_lab) 's Twitter Profile Photo

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 nytimes.com/2022/01/11/us/…

Rapid Tests (@rapidtests) 's Twitter Profile Photo

House Democrats Introduce Legislation To Make Free At-Home Testing Available For All Americans - beyer.house.gov/news/documents…

Larry Levitt (@larry_levitt) 's Twitter Profile Photo

KFF is all over how to get at-home COVID tests today: what private insurers are doing, Medicaid coverage, Medicare coverage, and inequities. kff.org/policy-watch/h… kff.org/policy-watch/m… kff.org/coronavirus-co… khn.org/news/article/b… kff.org/racial-equity-…

Phoebe Olhava, MD (@polhava) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Confused about rapid tests? The federal government launched a website so that people in the US can order free at-home antigen test kits Shelly Tan breaks down how reliable these tests are and what your next move should be if you’re looking to get tested. washingtonpost.com/health/interac…

Joshua Gans (@joshgans) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Large-scale implementation of rapid antigen testing system for COVID-19 in workplaces science.org/doi/10.1126/sc… Our new paper in Science Advances on CDL Rapid Screening Consortium (CDL RSC)

Joshua Gans (@joshgans) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Thanks to James Cham who after my post (joshuagans.substack.com/p/we-need-to-a…) came up with a nice diagram of potentially what is going on following the vaccine.

Thanks to <a href="/jamescham/">James Cham</a> who after my post  (joshuagans.substack.com/p/we-need-to-a…) came up with a nice diagram of potentially what is going on following the vaccine.
Ranu Dhillon (@ranudhillon) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Agree w/Bill Gates 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 (1/3) nytimes.com/2022/04/15/opi…

Rapid Tests (@rapidtests) 's Twitter Profile Photo

In the US, rapid tests like the BinaxNOW still cost $24 for a 2-pack. In Germany, you can buy a rapid test for $2. dm.de/gesundheit/cor…

In the US, rapid tests like the BinaxNOW still cost $24 for a 2-pack. 

In Germany, you can buy a rapid test for $2. dm.de/gesundheit/cor…
Santi Ruiz (@rsanti97) 's Twitter Profile Photo

some fairly straightforward regulatory reforms would encourage widespread, cheap, at-home testing for future pandemics progress.institute/how-at-home-ra…