Harvard professor and epidemiologist Michael Mina, MD, PhD, responds to questions about inexpensive paper strip COVID 19 tests. Should we wait until these rapid paper tests are almost as sensitive as the gold standard PCR COVID-19 test? How important is sensitivity in determining who is contagious with COVID 19?
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:
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MORE VIDEOS AND RESOURCES ON AT-HOME COVID 19 SCREENING TESTS:
Dr. Michael Mina is the director (on a volunteer basis) of 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:
A video summary and highlights of Dr. Mina’s research and ideas in our MedCram COVID 19 Update 98:
A 5 minute summary with Dr. Mina of some key differences between COVID-19 antigen tests with rapid results:
A short explainer video on daily quick tests produced by Dr. Allen:
Summary Article Featured in the Atlantic about Inexpensive Rapid Testing:
Dr. Mina’s research paper: Test sensitivity is secondary to frequency and turnaround time for COVID-19 surveillance (Pre-print)
TWiV 640: Test often, fast turnaround, interview with Michael Mina:
Visit MedCram.com for over 100 coronavirus pandemic updates including sensitivity vs specificity, covid 19 tests, diagnosis and treatment, and many more topics.
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