Antigen tests can give real-time information to people exposed to Covid, said Dr. Dara Kass, an associate professor of emergency medicine at Columbia University Medical Center. Waiting for lab results from polymerase chain reaction tests can take days, and many states — particularly in the hard-hit South — are seeing appointmentsRapid tests take under 15 minutes to detect Covid by pinpointing proteins, called antigens.
“Rapid tests give information,” she added, “that allows somebody to engage in society safely.” People can follow up with a PCR test, which is more sensitive, for confirmation of a diagnosis., for example, a “Test and Stay” strategy for students exposed to Covid allows them to remain in school: Students take BinaxNOW tests five days in a row following close contact with an infected person.
We can’t even get people to floss, so the idea that people are now going to start rapid testing as their standard operating procedure is a flawed assumption.have been developed in the U.S. — though just six companies have FDA authorization for over-the-counter use. No rapid Covid tests have full FDA approval. Two rapid molecular options, made by Lucira Health and Cue Health, also have emergency use authorization .
“Unfortunately, many submissions are incomplete or contain insufficient information for FDA to determine that they meet the statutory criteria,” FDA spokesperson James McKinney said.
Because America blows and is ALL about money and not helping the sick!
greed
Because greed…
How are they going to pay for all the bullshit they can't get in the $3.5 T legislation.
Hang on! An anti-gen test?! In Germany you get 5 for around 3 bucks for home use, or you can get a free one professionally done, at 3 places in my town.
Big pharma. The leftist best new friends.
Because pharma is about money over people.
It’s 22€ in Italy in pharmacies. Over the counter ones are cheaper (around 8€ but hard to find) but a negative result from those won’t allow you to do anything. You get a valid green pass only with a negative result from labs and pharmacies
This is news to me! I got mine free, so did my husband. They didn't even ask for our insurance cards. The President has said repeatedly that the shot is FREE! Whoever is charging is in the wrong and should be reported!
Why do Covid rapid tests cost so much? Death 4 Profit healthcare.
Because greedy pharmaceutical companies can get away with it.
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Because America is all about squeezing every dam bloody cent from the people.
Because BIG PHARMA is CORRUPT 🤷♀️🤷♀️
The answer to why anything involving healthcare costs so much is because capitalism.
Same reason your network pushes for war
Biden fails us again
Lower prices? It should be free
Because our primary national value is corporate profiteering at any cost? Just a guess.
Because, USA is one of the highest income countries. Rich countries should pay more for the same products. 🤑😅😜
According to Abbott product insert, antigen testing is only supposed to be used for symptomatic patients.
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