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At-home COVID-19 test kits accurate, might bolster screening effort, study says
h/t Instapundit[UPI] - At-home nasal swab-based tests for COVID-19 correctly diagnose 80% of people with the virus and 98% of those who don't have it, a study published Wednesday by JAMA Network Open found. Wikipedia "False positives and false negatives" article explains what it means The results suggest the self-administered kits are as effective at identifying the virus as testing platforms offered in hospitals, clinics and doctors' offices, and could help supplement testing efforts that have seen marked increases in demand in recent weeks, the researchers said. The at-home part is sample collection. It's still has to go to lab for analysis. Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2020-07-23 |
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