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A comment on FDA grants emergency use authorization for 5-13 minute Covid-19 test. Parent comment

Re:FDA grants emergency use authorization for 5-13 minute Co... by duncan-donuts on Saturday March 28, 2020 @12:42PM (#22712275)
I have a lot of problems with this conceptually, but I think we should do something like this eventually. My biggest problem is my wife is sick, I’m not, I have a certificate that says I’m totally fine but I could now be infected, might be contaminating things, etc. What good is a certificate? We’d need to be tested almost constantly for it to mean anything.
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Re:FDA grants emergency use authorization for 5-13 minute Co... by ZeKK14 on Saturday March 28, 2020 @12:48PM (#22712316)
The goal would not to be 100% sure, only to reduce the spread to fall below R0 < 1 while keeping the economy running and people sane.

And yes, you would have to be re-tested regularly.

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