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

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Published 11 Sep 2020

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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@Medcram4 years ago 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? .. ...Expand 7
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@robertdavies16084 years ago 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 . ...Expand 18
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@kkdoc78644 years ago Im a physician and i agree absolutely. You and i were both normal people before med school. Id be insulted if it was implied i couldnt read a test result then! 31
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@DdrtAddh4 years ago 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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@WhtetstoneFlunky4 years ago 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 . ...Expand 18
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@IndyIndie594 years ago 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"
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. ...Expand 6
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@indiefilmandmusic4 years ago " game changer" may be an overused term, but in this case it definitely applies. 6
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@raymitchell97364 years ago 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, reallythink 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 tous 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. ...Expand 13
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@lilfamily4 years ago 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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@hb38014 years ago 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? . ...Expand 1
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@stephenbird56414 years ago " should we just wait until inexpensive antigen tests rival pcr tests for
great idea, just use a test even less.
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@AlexGonzalez-ql6gv4 years ago Where can i currently buy these at home antigen tests? 8
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@nnicollan4 years ago 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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@dvonpache4 years ago My target audiences that i' ve written and spoke about this since may; board of education, several mayors, congressmen, freeholders board, governor is there a rapid test for that plz?. ...Expand 1
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@sms4hou6764 years ago Thank you! Excellent points! Health care should be the individuals decision with good support if and when needed by professionals
actually in id="hidden10" 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. ...Expand
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@lynx6554 years ago 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 . ...Expand 4
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@engan62514 years ago 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 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 forsurveillance.
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. ...Expand
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@albeit14 years ago If we cant trust people with the information, how can we trust them without the information?
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@k.c11264 years ago Knowledge is power. If you keep knowledge of what is ill or well with me, you have control over me.
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@joec09144 years ago 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 . ...Expand 1
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@BulldustHHH4 years ago 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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@johndevos90034 years ago 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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@GBBWAR4 years ago 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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@marcialitt44314 years ago I think mina isthe question here. If you' re a visioning society where part of getting up in the morning and getting ready to leave 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. ...Expand 1
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@larryseibold42874 years ago 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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@apainlessone4 years ago The self testing is a great idea. The issue is once you test positive whether its a rt-pcr test or a paper test, your doctor cannot give you anything o . ...Expand 1
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@wearemilesfromnowhere46304 years ago The absurdity of the perceived nanny state. 3
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@kathleenkendalljacksgrandm69024 years ago Yes they can be trusted with the test. Im not sure trusted is the correct word though. Thinking about what we are suppose to be believing regarding c id="hidden19"-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)etc. Im ignoring the possibility that anyone over 7 couldnt figure out how to read the test, it annoys me.
*i always use he, just live with it.
jacks grandma in texas. ...Expand
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@n3v3rg01ngback4 years ago Most people wont lie. Some will, but most people will use these tests exactly as intended. 1
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@speedracer62944 years ago The issue is not the reliability of the people it' s the reliability of the test.
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@listen2meokidoki2644 years ago Someone once said, i' m capable of anything.
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@meloncollieacres99154 years ago 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 . ...Expand
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@genebarker10234 years ago 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. . ...Expand
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@ruiqiu8664 years ago This was also true regarding the aids home tests. 1
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@bendeleted91554 years ago 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 . ...Expand 1
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@ccwagwag33914 years ago Does that question refer to honesty or intelligence and common sense?
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@monabellelawrence71024 years ago To self govern is the wild card. To the self testing.
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@vladtepes66904 years ago 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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@Nathanallenpinard4 years ago Didn' t trump use this to find out then he verified with a protein match test?