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Toolkit: The Future is Here — At-Home COVID Tests

In the Bubble with Andy Slavitt

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Rapid Engine Test Detects Viruses in the Beginning Stages

The pisiartes has this amplification step, it's able to detect really weak signals. The rapid anagen test can't see those very, very weak signals. It's only when you have a lot of virus in your nose than there is a problem. And so no, the accuracy of the test goes up and down depending on where you are in this infectious cycle.

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