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Coronavirus Update 98: Rapid COVID 19 Antigen Testing at Home - A Possible Breakthrough
MedCram's Dr. Roger Seheult summarizes a discussion with Dr. Michael Mina on cheap, paper-based at-home COVID-19 antigen tests. It explains why lower sensitivity can still work well for screening infectious people.
Why HN readers recommended it
Pointed to in 2020 testing threads for a visual explanation of why rapid antigen tests still serve a purpose.
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Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- MedCram - Medical Lectures Explained CLEARLY
- Topic
- covid rapid antigen testing
- Format
- lecture
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 2
- HN mentions in dataset
- 3
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2020–2021
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From the original HN conversations
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Right - see the MedCram lectures on the topic: How to Beat COVID-19 with At-Home, Rapid Result Testing: 5 Min. Summary by Dr. Mina (Antigen Tests) [LINK] Coronavirus Pandemic Update 98: At Home COVID-19 Testing - A Possible Breakthrough (~ 15 min) [VIDEO] At Home, …
jdc on Hacker News · 2020-08
In Interview with Bill Gates on Covid, social media> But if the rapid tests are as unreliable in general as they were for me, it’s sort of no wonder COVID is spreading like wildfire. Many rapid tests are indeed not accurate[1] but they still serve a purpose, depending on the sensitivity and specificity …
devy on Hacker News · 2021-01
In U.S. to require negative Covid-19 tests for international air passengers
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