The explosion of new coronavirus tests that could help to end the pandemic

Re:The explosion of new coronavirus tests that could help to... by iso947 on Saturday July 18, 2020 @05:32AM (#23880208)

With a “pee on stick” test you’d do it every day before heading out and be trusted to self report of positive (presumably you’d then do a better lab based test which could return within 24 hours to confirm the case)

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Re:The explosion of new coronavirus tests that could help to... by irrational on Saturday July 18, 2020 @01:05PM (#23882843)

Are there lab tests that return in 24 hours? Two of my kids recently got lab tested (thankfully both negative) in 2 different states and both took 72 hours to get results back.

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Re:The explosion of new coronavirus tests that could help to... by pmoriarty on Saturday July 18, 2020 @01:47PM (#23883175)

Here are some references to quick COVID-19 tests:

"Blood test detects positive COVID-19 result in 20 minutes" - https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-07-blood-positive-covid-...

"Fresno health clinic offering rapid COVID-19 tests that give results in minutes" - https://abc30.com/fresno-county-coronavirus-covid-19-everyda...

"15-minute COVID-19 test proves accurate at confirming infection" - https://www.upi.com/Health_News/2020/05/08/15-minute-COVID-1...

"New rapid COVID-19 test approved by FDA, results in as little as 15 minutes" - https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/video/new-rapid-covid-19-te...

"A new COVID-19 test can return results in 5 minutes" - https://www.theverge.com/2020/3/28/21197944/coronavirus-test...

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Re:The explosion of new coronavirus tests that could help to... by irrational on Saturday July 18, 2020 @02:29PM (#23883590)

So, it is possible, but maybe not practical since at least 2 states are not doing quick tests yet?

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