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    December 15, 2020An Appeal for Rapid Antigen Tests for COVID-19On behalf of more than 50 leading infectious disease physicians, epidemiologists, scientists, and community leaders, we call on Congress to support widespread and frequent rapid antigen testing as a way to control the spread of the virus, re-open the country and let people return to work and school.Over the next six months, it is our…

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    • 🧪Important and highly policy-relevant study [Disclosure: I was a signatory to the Dec 2020 open letter to the US government, "An Appeal for Rapid Antigen Tests for COVID-19," at https://t.co/YamfZEt9T0] https://t.co/NLc2BRvBkv

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    December 15, 2020An Appeal for Rapid Antigen Tests for COVID-19On behalf of more than 50 leading infectious disease physicians, epidemiologists, scientists, and community leaders, we call on Congress to support widespread and frequent rapid antigen testing as a way to control the spread of the virus, re-open…

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    • On December 15, 2020, Over 50 leading scientists signed a letter urging Congress & the federal government more broadly to appropriate funds and scale rapid tests by developing a new pathway at the FDA specifically focused on Public Health. https://t.co/bHYPuoVBpa

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    December 15, 2020An Appeal for Rapid Antigen Tests for COVID-19On behalf of more than 50 leading infectious disease physicians, epidemiologists, scientists, and community leaders, we call on Congress to support widespread and frequent rapid antigen testing as a way to control the spread of the virus, re-open…

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    December 15, 2020An Appeal for Rapid Antigen Tests for COVID-19On behalf of more than 50 leading infectious disease physicians, epidemiologists, scientists, and community leaders, we call on Congress to support widespread and frequent rapid antigen testing as a way to control the spread of the virus, re-open the…

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    • A year ago, I co-signed an open letter to the federal government, led by @michaelmina_lab, to fund mass deployment of rapid tests, to “protect public health, allow safe in-school instruction, & to restore our economy” The US was way too sluggish on this https://t.co/YamfZEt9T0

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    December 15, 2020An Appeal for Rapid Antigen Tests for COVID-19On behalf of more than 50 leading infectious disease physicians, epidemiologists, scientists, and community leaders, we call on Congress to support widespread and frequent rapid antigen testing as a way to control the spread of the virus, re-open the country and…

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    • (albeit around sequence data, which is a whole other thing! But rapid test results also matter, which is one of the reasons I signed this https://t.co/A5PXHlTVuD)

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    December 15, 2020An Appeal for Rapid Antigen Tests for COVID-19On behalf of more than 50 leading infectious disease physicians, epidemiologists, scientists, and community leaders, we are calling on Congress to support widespread and frequent rapid antigen testing as a way to control the spread of the virus, re-open the…

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    • And here is an expert letter signed by 50+ respected Scientists and Physicians in support of this as an additional mode of slowing spread. https://t.co/bHYPuoVBpa

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    FAQ — Rapid Tests - 3 year(s) ago

    Frequently Asked QuestionsWhat specific policies would you like to see changed?We would like relevant offices in the government to do the following:Adopt an emergency regulation, executive order, or FDA/CMS waiver that would allow the production, sale and distribution of paper-strip screening tests to check if people are likely contagious with COVID-19.Allow people to take these public health…

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    • The @NBA self funded a rapid (requires lab) saliva test SalivaDirect, $4/test @Yale that already has @FDAgov EU (thanks to @Aslavitt advocacy) - so can schools, companies get it? What we really need are cheap home antigen screening tests @RapidTests https://t.co/NbDe9b9Omi https://t.co/KdlAgNR67N

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    Rapid Tests - 4 year(s) ago

    Rapid tests can bring the virus under control. Ask your Governor to authorize rapid testing.

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    • “#Rapidtests are sensitive when #viralload is high enough that you’re infectious. #PCR tests can detect ultra-low levels of RNA when rapid tests can’t, but this may happen when not infectious” ⁦@Chris_Said⁩ ⁦@RWalensky⁩ ⁦@michaelmina_lab⁩ https://t.co/kU1YuuEISy

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    Rapid Tests - 4 year(s) ago

    Rapid tests can bring the virus under control. Ask your Governor to authorize rapid testing.

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    • RT @michaelmina_lab: We have put together some information at https://t.co/jTRkFngphG