jimjimbo Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 In addition to many other things.....what we need right now is a cheap, effective, accurate home test. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Matthews Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 I'll settle for another stimulus check. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CECAA850 Posted December 18, 2020 Author Share Posted December 18, 2020 https://www.sfchronicle.com/health/article/Rapid-home-coronavirus-testing-kits-are-finally-15812525.php Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billybob Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 Lowest seen so far is an antigen test that is quick with around 80 percent accuracy for approximately $30 per test. We need these mass produced from more than 1 or 2 non subscription needed to cut prices by half and more. Some say this needed over the long haul to defeat virus. A bit late but coming finally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billybob Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 Rapid, cheap enough to do at home or anywhere.Twice a week for the more active... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bosco-d-gama Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 Home tests have one huge problem. They rely upon the individual to be interested enough to participate in such tests at any cost. We can’t get people to wear cheap masks. What is needed is a breath test for covid19. This could be administered as a requisite to travel or even enter a store. They could run regional tests like they do for drunk drivers. They are working on breath tests..... https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-54718848 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Matthews Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 Why continue to worry about testing if the vaccines are going to work? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bosco-d-gama Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 7 minutes ago, Jeff Matthews said: Why continue to worry about testing if the vaccines are going to work? Because not everyone will get vaccinated and the vaccinations will likely not confer permanent immunity. We need a quick and fool proof way to contain and stop a new break out before it spreads. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJkizak Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 The BBC News tonight said that in Africa a second variation to the covid 19 was detected. JJK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimjimbo Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 2 hours ago, Jeff Matthews said: Why continue to worry about testing if the vaccines are going to work? Oh, yeah, that’s right, I forgot… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimjimbo Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 If the Giants of the industry can develop a vaccine this quickly, surely they can also develop the cheap accurate tests that we need more than anything else. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtimer Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 The development was a culmination of 17 years of work regarding corona viruses. You might think of it as an "overnight sensation" of someone who had been working hard all of their lives. It couldn't have happened so quickly without all of the ground work. Plus, normally, the next step would have been a round of extensive studies but because of the problem they are approved now under emergency use rules. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CECAA850 Posted December 19, 2020 Author Share Posted December 19, 2020 We take our temperature every day prior to leaving for work. Its certainly not fool proof or definitive but we feel like we're at least doing something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billybob Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 And when we say fast and accurate, we mean hassle free. Not having to setup a lab somewhere to run the simple test. And when we say cheap...$5 a pop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coytee Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 Having been there when they went public, Noven Pharmaceuticals was telling us in their literature that one of their goals was to create a credit card sized "test strip". The card would test for various issues (I suppose you can have them in different formats)... and you essentially licked the card. Waited.... and after "X" minutes (hours?) the dot would turn green, red, something to indicate an initial positive or negative for whatever was being tested. Sounded like an interesting idea. Not sure that anything ever came of it and now, when I see some of their 'history' I don't see any reference to that. (didn't dig too deep, just recalled name and did internet search.... I've not heard of nor watched this stock at all over the last 30+ years. https://www.noven.com/about/history/ Would be nice if they could go back to the credit card test strip and make it test for the covid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billybob Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 One scientist said at one point, should be as easy as a pregnancy test, and as cheap. It has even been discussed as being essentially free. We know what the real driver is, however. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zen Traveler Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 1 hour ago, CECAA850 said: We take our temperature every day prior to leaving for work. Its certainly not fool proof or definitive but we feel like we're at least doing something. We do the same thing at work to ourselves and everyone who enters our Business's main area, along with mandatory hand sanitizer and bleach-spraying the equipment and chairs between gatherings...That said, evidently folks' temp rising evidently comes about usually a few days after the person could be potential spreaders and all of the sanitizing works marginally because the virus is airborne Imo, the biggest thing we've done to keep the potential of spread down is try and practice social distancing while wearing masks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CECAA850 Posted December 19, 2020 Author Share Posted December 19, 2020 12 minutes ago, Zen Traveler said: , the biggest thing we've done to keep the potential of spread down is try and practice social distancing while wearing masks. We do that whenever possible as well. Some businesses do a better job than others with their in store policies. My work is horrible in that regard but I don't make the rules. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billybob Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 Here: https://www-vox-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/www.vox.com/platform/amp/22178964/at-home-covid-tests-kit-rapid-ellume-abbott-lucira? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OO1 Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 17 hours ago, JJkizak said: The BBC News tonight said that in Africa a second variation to the covid 19 was detected. JJK here we go again, it's in South Africa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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