The rapid antigen test, created by digital diagnostics companyEllume, delivers results in as little as 15 minutes.
The more rapid the turnaround, the better the test, he says.
(This comes on the heels of the authorization of anat-home diagnostic COVID-19 testthat requires a prescription.)
The Ellume test uses technology that has been in production for over 10 years.
Its a rapid antigen test, which is less accurate than molecular tests likePCR tests.
But Dr. Chan says its could be a game-changer even if its not as accurate as a PCR.
professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School
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There is some compromise when a test isnt as sensitive.
But testing that helps provide more information is better than no testing.
Things get murky when you test negative and have symptoms or test positive and have no symptoms.
), Dr. Chan says you may be better off foregoing a test.
Testing gives you a snapshot at a single point in time.
You may test negative today, but youre incubating the disease and could be positive tomorrow.
Thats why were still wearing the masks says Dr. Labus.
That test just tells you you are negative at a certain time.
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