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#235 – Michael Mina: Rapid COVID Testing
Lex Fridman Podcast
Is a Rapid Antigen Test Sensitive?
A rapid antigen test answers the question, am I currently infectious? And based on the viral load across these different tests, you look at the likelihood of infectiousness. They're all about 100% sensitive. So if you have extraordinarily high viral loads to the point where you might be a super spreader, these simple rapid tests will essentially always catch you and tell you you're positive. But that's actually a good thing. The FDA and others look at it as though it's a bad thing because they average it all together and say, oh, this is only a 40% sensitive test compared to PCR. We don't do that. That's why nobody in America has these tests because it
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