Rapid Covid-19 diagnostic tests available without lab work, so.....

[getagrip_already]

There are now rapid screening tests for covid-19 that take as little as 5 minutes without a lab involved and that have a 90% accuracy rate. Cost is about $5/test.

Partners in Health just bought 100,000 test kits to distribute to community health workers in the countries they operate in. Note: community health workers are not medical professionals, but are trained in infectious disease testing and treatment at the lay level. They operate in the worlds poorest countries to combat regional disease.

The us has tested fewer than 50,000 people citing availability of test kits. It seems you can get these rapid screening in bulk and on short notice.

Does this seem odd to anyone else?

[lapfog_1]

1. sounds like a scam to me.

from my limited understanding of the true genetic testing of the virus RNA

[getagrip_already]

5. Partners in health is an internationally recognized ngo...

That has worked to prevent the spread of preventable diseases in third world countries since the 1980's.

If they are using it, it isn't a scam

[uponit7771]

2. Yes, it does seem odd. It's on purpose

[Hoyt]

3. There are rapid flu tests, but they aren't that accurate/reliable.

[flamingdem]

4. PIH - Partners in Health is a wonderful and straight arrow organization

If they're involved it's legit, imo.

[pat_k]

6. Awaiting FDA Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) ??

The rapid test is one of two developed by BioMedomics.

Rapid: COVID-19 IgM-IgG

Standard: COVID-19 PCR Virus Detection Kit

According to 3/12 report "This week BioMedomics submitted an application to the FDA seeking emergency use authorization for the antibody test kit in the United States"

I'm not positive that "antibody test kit" refers to the rapid test or the standard PCR.

https://www.ncbiotech.org/news/biomedomics-seeks-fda-ok-covid-19-rapid-diagnostic

Test not yet available in U.S.
The antibody test is being used widely by researchers in several countries and by China’s Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to combat infections in that country.

More than half a million test kits have been sold in China, and the number is growing daily, Wang said. BioMedomics has a subsidiary in China that is manufacturing and distributing the kits there.

The test recently received CE Mark-IVD certification for use in Europe and is being sold in Italy, the world’s current hot spot for the outbreak.

However, the test has not been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for use in the United States.

This week BioMedomics submitted an application to the FDA seeking emergency use authorization for the antibody test kit in the United States, Wang said. He doesn’t know if or when the test will be approved for sale but said it’s important to get the test on the market immediately to help stem the spread of COVID-19.

“In an outbreak, you need a fast (diagnostic) answer to isolate people,” he said. “Now is the time to deploy this. We need to get it onto the market as soon as possible.”

[stillcool]

7. that's for other countries..

we have it under control, unlike them. Plus, we use only the best, from the very bestest kit makers...like Thermo Fisher Scientific Corp.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100213060533