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Navigating COVID Testing Challenges
This chapter examines the obstacles to widespread at-home COVID testing availability, emphasizing the distinction between detecting infectiousness versus viral loads. It critiques the slow government response in regulating rapid tests and advocates for redesigning policies to ease testing processes as public health tools. The discussion highlights the importance of rapid testing in controlling virus spread, aligns innovative testing strategies with local conditions, and addresses the ongoing need for testing despite vaccination efforts.