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Self Testing for Coronavirus at Home with Rapid Antigen COVID 19 Tests

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Harvard professor and epidemiologist Michael Mina, MD, Ph.D has been a strong advocate for inexpensive paper strip COVID-19 antigen tests (that provide rapid results in 15 minutes) that he believes are sensitive and accurate enough to turn positive for the vast majority of contagious COVID-19 infections. In this video, Dr. Mina challenges the notion that individuals need medical professionals to administer COVID-19 tests and directly give information about results. And how in the past, home pregnancy tests were considered too risky for women to utilize. Dr. Mina is an Assistant Professor of Epidemiology, Immunology, and Infectious Diseases at Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health. Dr. Mina is also a core member of the Center for Communicable Disease Dynamics (CCDD) and an Associate Medical Director in Clinical Microbiology. Dr. Mina's bio is here: https://ccdd.hsph.harvard.edu/people/michael-mina/ We have no financial disclosures related to any medical products. MedCram has a strong interest in curbing this pandemic and safely re-opening schools and our economy, and we believe Dr. Mina's approach to testing could be effective - especially compared to the current testing approach in the United States. OTHER Q/A VIDEOS WITH DR. MICHAEL MINA: Paper Strip Tests for COVID-19: Should We Wait Until They Rival PCR Tests?/watch/IEmzj_YUyCkUz Are Antigen Paper Tests for COVID 19 Accurate Enough? /watch/M30DpMd_-Yw_D False Positives and COVID 19 Rapid Tests: /watch/wGfkbO5vwwSvk What if Some Don't Cooperate with COVID 19 Rapid Testing (Herd Immunity and Effects)? /watch/wAUl4mAtFq1tl Would Widespread COVID 19 Antigen Testing At Home Be Too Expensive? /watch/UUNPSRPlHyMlP MORE VIDEOS AND RESOURCES ON AT-HOME COVID 19 SCREENING TESTS: Dr. Michael Mina is the director (on a volunteer basis) of https://www.rapidtests.org where you can get more info and streamlined ways to contact your governor and representatives in Congress about at-home COVID 19 screening See our previous MedCram videos that have featured Dr. Mina's research about COVID 19 testing and how quickly identifying individuals who are contagious (and who have high levels of SARS-CoV-2 virus) should be the primary focus. A 3-minute explainer video on inexpensive at-home rapid screening tests by MedCram: /watch/EJ39mWQxsj7x9 A video summary and highlights of Dr. Mina's research and ideas in our MedCram COVID 19 Update 98: /watch/QgM8Sp_vS7hv8 A 5 minute summary with Dr. Mina of some key differences between COVID-19 antigen tests with rapid results: /watch/QWWABvyuWZAuA A short explainer video on daily quick tests produced by Dr. Allen: /watch/U5g0GtuR5fAR0 Summary Article Featured in the Atlantic about Inexpensive Rapid Testing: https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2020/08/how-to-test-every-american-for-covid-19-every-day/615217/ Dr. Mina's research paper: Test sensitivity is secondary to frequency and turnaround time for COVID-19 surveillance (Pre-print) https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.06.22.20136309v2 TWiV 640: Test often, fast turnaround, interview with Michael Mina: /watch/AOy3qyZ4jDk43 Visit MedCram.com for over 100 coronavirus pandemic updates including sensitivity vs specificity, COVID 19 tests, diagnosis and treatment, and many more topics. ------------------------------------------------------ Video produced by Kyle Allred, Co-Founder of https://www.medcram.com/?utm_source=Youtube&utm_medium=Video&utm_campaign=Video+Link+Clicks&utm_term=Self+Testing+for+Coronavirus+at+Home+with+Rapid+Antigen+COVID+19+Tests&utm_content=yhgu_OcERkw Contact Kyle or MedCram by emailing: customers@medcram.com #COVID19 #rapidtestsnow #dailyquicktest

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@Medcramمنذ 4 سنوات More responses from Dr. Mina to FAQs about inexpensive paper strip testing for COVID-19:
1) Would there be too many false positives?: class="buttons">
2) Should we just wait until inexpensive antigen tests rival PCR tests for sensitivity?
3) Are Antigen Paper Tests for COVID 19 Accurate Enough?
4) What if Some People Don't Cooperate with COVID 19 Rapid Testing?
5) Would widespread COVID 19 Testing At Home Be Too Expensive? ....وسعت 7
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@robertdavies1608منذ 4 سنوات The issue is to return to normalcy and a $1, 10 min spit test would do that - you would test every child and teacher going to school, every day. You would id="hidden2" class="buttons"> test everyone before they went into a restaurant or bar. You would test everyone before they went to a concert or sporting event. The added test cost every business would absorb if that would allow them to get back to full capacity. This seems so obvious but I’m not hearing anything about this in the main stream media. ....وسعت 18
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@kkdoc7864منذ 4 سنوات I’m a physician and I agree absolutely. You and I were both “normal” people before med school. I’d be insulted if it was implied I couldn’t read a test result then! 31
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@DdrtAddhمنذ 4 سنوات The "Nanny State" attitude belongs to authoritarian regimes and brings nothing but more pain and suffering.
Bless you Kyle and Bless you Dr. Mina for pushing forward this life saving tool 19
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@WhtetstoneFlunkyمنذ 4 سنوات I think the problem is, people who test positive are not willing to act responsibly in terms of the health of others in public. For example, a person would id="hidden5" class="buttons"> test positive in the morning but still decide to go to work or to a store. An option would be to test people at the door of the workplace, schools and stores, inform the person that they can return in 15 minutes for the test results, and with a negative test result, entry into the facility. ....وسعت 18
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@IndyIndie59منذ 4 سنوات Absolutely agree.
Not only pregnancy tests but people are trusted, even expected to test their blood sugar at home, and their blood pressure. id="hidden6" class="buttons">
Asthmatics are expected to keep an eye on their peak flow at home.
People with bladder problems learn to self catheterise at home.
Diabetics even change their own insulin pumps on their own.
As a diabetic I first started testing my sugar at home back in the days when you had to put a drop on a strip then wait 2 minutes then rinse it off and put it in a machine.
The world didn't fall down just because I had to do a couple of simple to learn steps to get my result. And I knew how to adjust my insulin according to the result. ....وسعت 6
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@indiefilmandmusicمنذ 4 سنوات "Game Changer" may be an overused term, but in this case it definitely applies. 6
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@raymitchell9736منذ 4 سنوات Totally agree with you on this one Doc. Besides the home pregnancy tests. we have an amazing array of home diagnostic equipment: thermometers, O2-Sat/pulse, id="hidden7" class="buttons"> blood pressure, glucose, urine test strips, etc. I think this is more about it being "politically charged" than anything else. but to say "We're too stupid to know what to do if we test positive for.(fill in the blank.)" is really insulting! And it cannot be the case - I think most people will do the right thing and want to end this nightmare ASAP!!! Do they really think people lack such common sense; that if they tested positive they would go out and deliberately infect other people? And do we need a doctor to "tell" us to stay at home in that case? . Really!? Sorry, no disrespect to doctors, that is not my intent. but who is being stupid in this case? I think they fear to lose control over our lives, and sure, some will be bad actors, but the bad actor was going to do what they wanted anyway despite what a doctor would tell them to do. ....وسعت 13
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@lilfamilyمنذ 4 سنوات I'm in health care, I would love to use this as a self screening tool before I go to work. 5
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@hb3801منذ 4 سنوات I think Dr. Mina has covered the same subject matter repeatedly. The real question is what is being done to move these tests into production and into society? id="hidden8" class="buttons"> Haven't heard anything about the real world, practical use of these tests, and why they're not available in drug stores already. ....وسعت 1
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@stephenbird5641منذ 4 سنوات "Should we just wait until inexpensive antigen tests rival PCR tests for sensitivity?"
Great idea, just use a test even less
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@AlexGonzalez-ql6gvمنذ 4 سنوات Where can I currently buy these at home antigen tests? 8
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@nnicollanمنذ 4 سنوات It's funny how for many docs having studied medicine = intelligence and a know-it-all attitude in all possible fields :) 1
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@dvonpacheمنذ 4 سنوات My target audiences that I've written and spoke about this since May; Board Of Education, several Mayors, Congressmen, Freeholders Board, Governor id="hidden9" class="buttons"> of NJ, family, neighbors and colleagues, are all DEAF EARS.
Is there a rapid test for that plz? ....وسعت 1
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@sms4hou676منذ 4 سنوات Thank you! Excellent points!! Health care should be the individuals decision with good support if and when needed by professionals
Actually in id="hidden10" class="buttons"> 2020 and recentl years is when these ideas have really taken off, that the expert bureaucrats should decide, because the know best. Scary, because their priorities are often different. ....وسعت
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@lynx655منذ 4 سنوات This question is wrong on so many fundamental levels. We have a ton of information about our own health status already. Like, when you are clearly symptomatic id="hidden11" class="buttons"> (regardless of the disease) you already have to make a decision about what to do next. Having a test doesn’t fundamentally change that, but it just opens up possibilities for better informed, timely decisions. ....وسعت 4
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@engan6251منذ 4 سنوات i am really all for dr mina's strategy, its just that we need to fine tune certain reservations about the rapid at home testings. vitally, it is not id="hidden12" class="buttons"> just for diagnosis but to define community infectivity.
we can suggest the following
1)for reporting of positives to monitor prevalence, hotspots, trends, etc., we can set up an online register for those who did rapid at home testings to upload to notify for epidemiological surveillance.
2) for problem of complacency about possible false negatives, we must educate the testers about them, and highlight the need for repeated, frequent, regular testings to really evaluate their status.
3) i believe that for testers who are diligent to monitor their status, they will show the same diligence about isolation till negative results confirmed on twice or thrice testings. ....وسعت
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@albeit1منذ 4 سنوات If we can’t trust people WITH the information, how can we trust them WITHOUT the information?
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@k.c1126منذ 4 سنوات Knowledge is Power. If you keep knowledge of what is ill or well with me, you have control over me.
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@joec0914منذ 4 سنوات The concern I would have is that the same people who now refuse to wear masks or social distance would either a) not use the test, but say they did and id="hidden13" class="buttons"> were negative so they could venture out, or b) not quarantine themselves even if they did take the test and knew they were infectious. I suppose if the tests were cheap enough, businesses and institutions could test everyone coming in the door and not admit anyone positive. But those same idiots who refuse to wear masks would refuse to take the tests and demand "their rights". ....وسعت 1
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@BulldustHHHمنذ 4 سنوات In addition, it doesn't even matter if 100% do exactly the right thing. The majority will and that will drastically reduce the spread of the virus. This is a 'game' of numbers, not absolutes.
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@johndevos9003منذ 4 سنوات The Big ten just decided to start their season of football and are using antigen testing, is that what you have been saying for weeks? 1
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@GBBWARمنذ 4 سنوات sensitivity of COVID19 PCR is 70%
sensitivity of temperature monitoring for covid19 patients is 90%
you test yourself by taking your temprature
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@marcialitt4431منذ 4 سنوات I think Mina is mischaracterizing the question here. if you're a visioning society where part of getting up in the morning and getting ready to leave id="hidden16" class="buttons"> the house is testing, and you don't have a society where everybody can easily take off work on no notice with no sanction, it's a big problem to assume that anyone who tests positive on the morning would not go out into society. Hell, one of the problems right now with colleges is having trouble getting people with positive test results to isolate, let alone their close contacts. Screw up your response to a pregnancy test and that's really only on you. But we've already watched people go out into society when health authorities consider them infectious and have record of it; why should we expect that fewer people would do so when they're the only ones who know they're infectious?
Any place requiring assertion of recent negative test to come in would be crazy to not require some sort of verification. ....وسعت 1
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@larryseibold4287منذ 4 سنوات Your assumption continues to be that the test is giving accurate results. what is the false positive rate? will we be protected from tests that have high FP rates (greater than 1% or so)?
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@apainlessoneمنذ 4 سنوات The self testing is a great idea. The issue is once you test positive whether it’s a RT-pcr test or a paper test, your doctor cannot give you anything other than advice to stay home to protect “others” but they have nothing for you until you’re sick enough to need hospitalization. ..a sad commentary on medicine and “politics” ....وسعت 1
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@wearemilesfromnowhere4630منذ 4 سنوات The absurdity of the perceived Nanny State. 3
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@kathleenkendalljacksgrandm6902منذ 4 سنوات Yes they can be trusted with the test. I’m not sure trusted is the correct word though. Thinking about what we are suppose to be believing regarding C-19, if the person is going to the trouble of giving himself the test, he* has some sort of concern. If the test comes back positive, he will go to his doctor to get (hopefully) Hydroxycloroquine etc. I’m ignoring the possibility that anyone over 7 couldn’t figure out how to read the test, it annoys me.
*I always use “he”, just live with it.
Jacks grandma in Texas ....وسعت
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@n3v3rg01ngbackمنذ 4 سنوات Most people won’t lie. Some will, but most people will use these tests exactly as intended. 1
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@speedracer6294منذ 4 سنوات The issue is not the reliability of the people It's the reliability of the test.
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@listen2meokidoki264منذ 4 سنوات Someone once said, I'm capable of anything.
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@meloncollieacres9915منذ 4 سنوات I completely agree with this! Ignorance of a subject does not mean lack of intelligence. The phychological damage of this virus is huge. There is so much id="hidden20" class="buttons"> fear! I keep telling people, the media is not your doctor. Please talk with your doctor and discuss your risk factors. ....وسعت
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@genebarker1023منذ 4 سنوات Dr. Mina, have you had any response for using this test to control this pandemic? I would like to discuss this opportunity to end this pandemic with you. id="hidden21" class="buttons"> Could you please contact me I think I know how it could be done. Thank you ....وسعت
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@ruiqiu866منذ 4 سنوات This was also true regarding the AIDS home tests. 1
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@bendeleted9155منذ 4 سنوات I never realized HIPAA was to ensure that your health records went through government approval first. Just let us have the dang tests already. BTW, my id="hidden22" class="buttons"> thermometer is transmitting something. Will it interfere with this messa&+7'£ b1 yio think? ....وسعت 1
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@ccwagwag3391منذ 4 سنوات does that question refer to honesty or intelligence and common sense?
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@monabellelawrence7102منذ 4 سنوات To self govern is the wild card. To the self testing.
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@vladtepes6690منذ 4 سنوات Unfortunately it's all about money, use of cheap off-label drugs or cheap at home tests don't make the companies big money. Those in power can't see past the all those zeroes.
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@Nathanallenpinardمنذ 4 سنوات Didn't Trump use this to find out then he verified with a protein match test?