Re:FDA authorizes rapid, at-home coronavirus test
by an_opabinia on Wednesday December 16, 2020 @12:23PM
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The functional part of the test, the piece of paper that lines appear on, is less than $0.10 a piece. It is mass manufactured, you could mail people a hundred test strips. You could reuse the $1 plastic housing. What do you think people are doing in other countries? This is a failure of leadership.
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Re:FDA authorizes rapid, at-home coronavirus test
by rebuilder on Wednesday December 16, 2020 @02:32PM
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As a citizen of another country, I'm not aware of any country that is shipping tests to citizens at their homes. Maybe your numbers you quote are correct - there are other problems, like relying on people to report their positive test results and isolate. A lot of people would, but many also wouldn't, because they can't afford the loss of wages. You'd have to cover wages lost, or some percentage anyway, and that would mean requiring another test at a trusted facility, which increases the complexity again...
Maybe the concept would be workable, but it's also not a simple slam dunk, and again, I don't know that any country is doing anything like it.
Re:FDA authorizes rapid, at-home coronavirus test
by sonotmyname on Wednesday December 16, 2020 @03:53PM
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> What do you think people are doing in other countries?
They're not shipping dozens of tests (that didn't exist until now) to their citizens at no cost, which I what you seem to be implying...