Toolkit: The Future is Here — At-Home COVID Tests
In the Bubble with Andy Slavitt
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Is the Antigen Test More Accurate?
Right now, the tests are anywhere from 15 to 25 dollars for one or two tests in a box. Those rapid anagin tests that you get at home. And those tests are less sensitive, so there is a small chance that you might get a false negative,. and an even smaller chance that you get a false positive. A test of any type is better than no test, first of all. What antigen tests do is to see whether you have enough protein shedding in your body to be infectious. So if youare taking that test before you go visit your great grandma or high risk people, the antigen tests are not only good enough, they are strong and they work well. The downside of
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