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Strep throat isn't influenza...

• fragmede 4y ago
  Oh wow look at captain obvious over here. My point wasn't to refute the article because there's an at-home test for a completely different disease, but to point out that there are at-home tests of other kinds. Since companies and the FDA have done it before, and because they were able to bring a rapid at-home test for streptococcus to market, an at-home flu test is probably closer than the article makes it seem.
  • Mikeb85 4y ago
    Detecting bacterial infections and viral infections isn't close to the same level of difficulty. The existence of a home strep test says nothing about the viability of a home flu test.
    • fragmede 4y ago
      The existence of a home strep test says the FDA is capable of working with manufacturers to bring home test kits to market. The question then is: how much does the market want flu tests?
    • dTal 4y ago
      Not sure why you're attacking the viability. From the article: >Yet no at-home flu tests are available for purchase in the U.S. That’s not for lack of technology — the rapid antigen flu tests at the doctor’s office are “virtually identical” to the Covid tests already in people’s homes
      • Mikeb85 4y ago
        Yes, that's far more relevant than strep tests.