{"id":841,"date":"2020-07-26T22:00:22","date_gmt":"2020-07-27T05:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.medcram.com\/?p=841"},"modified":"2020-07-26T22:04:29","modified_gmt":"2020-07-27T05:04:29","slug":"a-new-path-forward-with-cheap-frequent-at-home-antigen-tests-for-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.medcram.com\/uncategorized\/a-new-path-forward-with-cheap-frequent-at-home-antigen-tests-for-covid-19\/","title":{"rendered":"A new path forward with cheap, frequent, at-home antigen tests for COVID-19"},"content":{"rendered":"
The research of Dr. Michael Mina and others has demonstrated how cheap, frequent, at-home testing (the technology already exists) could dramatically reduce the spread of COVID-19, even if the test is less sensitive than RT-PCR.\u00a0 Please see our COVID-19 update 98<\/a> for more info on quick paper antigen tests.<\/p>\n Check out our comparison chart below. Which one seems like a better idea for a screening test? (Note: RT-PCR is currently the primary test used for screening in the United States).<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The research of Dr. Michael Mina and others has demonstrated how cheap, frequent, at-home testing (the technology already exists) could dramatically reduce the spread of COVID-19, even if the test is less sensitive than RT-PCR.\u00a0 Please see our COVID-19 update 98 for more info on quick paper antigen tests. Check out our comparison chart below.…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":842,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25,1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n