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> I'm already conveniently WFH with a cold, which I hope is just a cold. I would be really interested in getting some take-home test packages that could be don

> I'm already conveniently WFH with a cold, which I hope is just a cold. I would be really interested in getting some take-home test packages that could be done for situations like these. It would be irresponsible to go to a doctors office where elderly people could become infected. Does anyone know if they exist ?!

oefrha 7y ago
Short answer, no.
Anon1096 7y ago
The government currently doesn't even have enough test kits for hospitals. We're very very far from getting take home kits.
sciinfo 7y ago
I read that South Korea is developing them and it's close to ready. They probably need them for their own people first though. It's a huge opportunity for a startup/company to create a home test kit for COVID-19. Massive global market for the product and growing exponentially. Doing well & doing good at the same time.
- bilekas 7y ago
  > It's a huge opportunity for a startup/company to create a home test kit for COVID-19. Massive global market for the product and growing exponentially. If someone has a list of materials thatwould be required to pull these affordable tests something could be put together for sure. the worrying thing is to keep the costs down, one would think a lot of those materials and components would need to come from Chine to be cost effective.. The tangled web. Edit: the problem wil step from China's supply chain being slowed down.
Accujack 7y ago
They are far from existing. Right now the only workable test for the virus is a genetic fingerprint via PCR. This takes time and needs both a lab and some very specific reagents which the CDC is presently having trouble producing. If you develop severe symptoms, wear a mask (either sterilize it or use disposables), call the hospital and talk with them about it. If they tell you to come in, they will take the necessary precautions to make sure you don't infect anyone else.
hutzlibu 7y ago
"It would be irresponsible to go to a doctors office where elderly people could become infected." Yes it is. But it is usually required. Required madness. The concept of herding sick people in a waiting room in close distance is the best way, to get all the slightly sick people really sick with various other diseases. I probably would have to be half dying, to get me into an doctors waiting room in the flu season. And then I would just go straight to the hospital.
LegitShady 7y ago
You and every government in existence.

oefrha 7y ago

Short answer, no.

Anon1096 7y ago

The government currently doesn't even have enough test kits for hospitals. We're very very far from getting take home kits.

sciinfo 7y ago

I read that South Korea is developing them and it's close to ready. They probably need them for their own people first though. It's a huge opportunity for a startup/company to create a home test kit for COVID-19. Massive global market for the product and growing exponentially. Doing well & doing good at the same time.

bilekas 7y ago
> It's a huge opportunity for a startup/company to create a home test kit for COVID-19. Massive global market for the product and growing exponentially. If someone has a list of materials thatwould be required to pull these affordable tests something could be put together for sure. the worrying thing is to keep the costs down, one would think a lot of those materials and components would need to come from Chine to be cost effective.. The tangled web. Edit: the problem wil step from China's supply chain being slowed down.

Accujack 7y ago

They are far from existing. Right now the only workable test for the virus is a genetic fingerprint via PCR. This takes time and needs both a lab and some very specific reagents which the CDC is presently having trouble producing. If you develop severe symptoms, wear a mask (either sterilize it or use disposables), call the hospital and talk with them about it. If they tell you to come in, they will take the necessary precautions to make sure you don't infect anyone else.

hutzlibu 7y ago

"It would be irresponsible to go to a doctors office where elderly people could become infected." Yes it is. But it is usually required. Required madness. The concept of herding sick people in a waiting room in close distance is the best way, to get all the slightly sick people really sick with various other diseases. I probably would have to be half dying, to get me into an doctors waiting room in the flu season. And then I would just go straight to the hospital.

LegitShady 7y ago

You and every government in existence.