The First U.S. Company Has Announced an Upcoming Home COVID-19 Test
Direct-to-consumer testing company Everlywell will make its COVID-19 test available on Mar 23
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Not at all cheap, but considering the prices of anything health related in the states, not terrible.
Pinnacle Labs sent me an e-mail for COVID-19 tests for 80 bucks (2 pack) last week.
I thought it was weird considering tests are very limited and they had it ready so soon, so I dismissed it, but now I'm wondering if it's legit.
I thought it was weird considering tests are very limited and they had it ready so soon, so I dismissed it, but now I'm wondering if it's legit.
absolutely amazing that this is going to be the solution to a public health crisis in America but fuck the trump administration is not gonna do it so I'm glad somebody is
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Julia Cheek on Twitter
“1/ UPDATE 🙌 My proudest day ever at @everly_well is today. We’re launching the first solution in the U.S. to get tested and diagnosed for #COVID-19 from your home on Monday, March 23. https://t.co/FpKEGxrmPd”
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Being it says physican approved vs FDA approved, we'll see. There's been a lot similar things put out for sale that the FDA has come down hard on.
Yep, I'd stay away: https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/everlywell-at-home-lab-tests-that-dont-make-sense/
Yep, I'd stay away: https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/everlywell-at-home-lab-tests-that-dont-make-sense/
More like shitty, awful, greedy money. These should be going to hospitals or testing places like the drive throughs setting up all over.
The after market for people scooping these up and trying to re-sell them is going to be very VERY bad. Just search eBay for toilet paper or hand sanitizer right now
How exactly are they sourcing their test kits? If its US based, its not like there is some surplus around here lol. Also whats the failure rate. I see 2 austin startup companies that have been literally formed for this reason, but what is their medical background?
I had the weirdest, most severe cold I've ever had back in mid January and in the back of my mind I've been wondering if it was this since the symptoms were pretty close and my lungs were fucked for about a month afterwards. I would be happy to have a test like this for if someone had the damn antibodies.
They are selling it at costs per tweet (if it is to be believed)
This isn't it.
South Korea can do 20k tests a day. You walk into a damn isolated phonebooth-like setup and they swab you with excellent protection for the medical worker. The booth is then quickly cleaned for the next person to get tested. Or you can drive up, get swabbed, and they text you the results. The samples are tested literally on-site.
The United States should be able to do at least that and not charge a single person for it.
War-time commandeering of industries is needed right now.
South Korea can do 20k tests a day. You walk into a damn isolated phonebooth-like setup and they swab you with excellent protection for the medical worker. The booth is then quickly cleaned for the next person to get tested. Or you can drive up, get swabbed, and they text you the results. The samples are tested literally on-site.
The United States should be able to do at least that and not charge a single person for it.
War-time commandeering of industries is needed right now.
yeah, this company has no original research and the test is likely not to be trusted. I don't see how they'd have the lab capacity to process either. Sounds eerily like Theranos.
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Yeah please request a thread title change to reflect probable fraud
seems like it's a new startup, so selling it at cost isn't terrible
The more people with access to a test the better
The more people with access to a test the better
I'm sure there are plenty of well-off (and maybe not so well-off but desperate) people who would do exactly that.
Oh no doubt. And my issue is with the profiteering from the latter group who really can't afford it.
The question is how good are they.
Pregnancies have been around way longer and there are many false results (positive/negative)
FEDEX needs the business around here atleast. This pandemic has hit them very hard compared to USPS and UPS which both have been carrying on business as usual.
If it screens antibodies, it has the problem of every quick test: The time lag between infection and the reaction of the immune system. Same as HIV quick tests eg.
