Harvard professor and epidemiologist Michael Mina, MD responds to the idea that inexpensive at-home coronavirus tests would produce too many false positives to be useful as a screening tool to curb the pandemic. False positives occur when someone tests positive but is not infected with SARS-CoV-2 that causes COVID-19.
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.
Dr. Mina, Kyle Allred, Dr. Seheult, and MedCram have no financial disclosures related to this topic. We have a keen interest in curbing this pandemic and safely re-opening schools and our economy.
Michael Mina, MD Ph.D. 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: [ Ссылка ]
MORE VIDEOS AND RESOURCES ON AT-HOME COVID 19 SCREENING TESTS:
Dr. Mina is the director (on a volunteer basis) of [ Ссылка ] where you can get more info and streamlined ways to contact your governor and representatives in Congress about at-home COVID 19 screening
A 3-minute explainer video on inexpensive at-home rapid screening tests by MedCram: [ Ссылка ]
A video summary and highlights of Dr. Mina's research and ideas in our MedCram COVID 19 Update 98: [ Ссылка ]
A 5 minute summary with Dr. Mina of some key differences between COVID-19 antigen tests with rapid results: [ Ссылка ]
A short explainer video on daily quick tests produced by Dr. Allen: [ Ссылка ]
Summary Article Featured in the Atlantic about Inexpensive Rapid Testing: [ Ссылка ]
Dr. Mina's research paper: Test sensitivity is secondary to frequency and turnaround time for COVID-19 surveillance (Pre-print) [ Ссылка ]
TWiV 640: Test often, fast turnaround, interview with Michael Mina: [ Ссылка ]
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