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Abbott's Fast, $5, Antigen Test – A New Era of Coronavirus Testing Begins

2 pointsby Osiris30over 4 years ago

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ljfover 4 years ago
Issue with this (and other antibody tests) is both that levels of antibody vary wildly from person to person and across time.<p>The same person can show positive for a swab test, and then negative for antibody tests at months one and 2 and only start to show at month 3.<p>Equally some cases will never be revealed by an antibody test as the patient fought the virus solely with their T-cells - not antibodies.<p>-<p>This obviously doesn&#x27;t mean that a cheap and reliable test is not of use - just that it will no doubt reveal more issues and edge cases with our understanding of the virus.
jeffrallenover 4 years ago
It comes with an app. We need to reverse engineer it and check it&#x27;s security... It&#x27;s not like we can trust the FDA to do that.<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;apps.apple.com&#x2F;us&#x2F;app&#x2F;id1527297235" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;apps.apple.com&#x2F;us&#x2F;app&#x2F;id1527297235</a>