Edit: Abbott test availability
Meanwhile, US-based Abbott has a $5 rapid test that is approved for use in the EU but not in the US (for home use).
If we're getting rapid tests, they need to be absurdly cheap and available in great quantities.
Meanwhile, US-based Abbott has a $5 rapid test that is approved for use in the EU but not in the US (for home use).
If we're getting rapid tests, they need to be absurdly cheap and available in great quantities.
https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/abbotts-binaxnow-co...
Abbott's tests only work if you have symptoms, it's as simple as that.
If you're asymptomatic, the results will be 100% unreliable.
The White House used it for that purpose anyway, it seems to have been moderately effective for a while but they ended up having 3 super spreading events because of relying exclusively on the ID Now tests (used against directions) and without masking, social distancing, or ventilation/outdoors events.