Toolkit: The Future is Here — At-Home COVID Tests

In the Bubble with Andy Slavitt

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4.6 • 3.5K Ratings

🗓️ 18 October 2021

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Testing remains one of the most confusing elements of the pandemic for many people. In this Toolkit, Andy talks to diagnostics expert Mara Aspinall and immunologist Gigi Gronvall to answer your questions about rapid antigen tests – when people should get tested, how accurate they are, why they're in short supply, and much more.

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Check out these resources from today’s episode:

Check out the CDC’s Interim Guidance for Antigen Testing for SARS-CoV-2: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/lab/resources/antigen-tests-guidelines.html
Read Gigi’s Clinical Chemistry article titled “COVID-19 Testing and a Path out of the Pandemic”: https://academic.oup.com/clinchem/advance-article/doi/10.1093/clinchem/hvab226/6382305?guestAccessKey=42b74d06-49a8-4972-9183-7583cd3edbc1
Watch a video of how to take an at-home test, as Gigi suggests, before administering one on yourself: https://www.webmd.com/coronavirus-in-context/video/covid-home-testing
Find a COVID-19 vaccine site near you: https://www.vaccines.gov/
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0:00.0	Mental health challenges are affecting people in the US at high levels, particularly among
0:05.0	adolescents.
0:06.0	At CVS Health, mental health is just as important as physical health.
0:11.0	That's whether making mental, well-being services more accessible, less complicated, more
0:15.4	convenient, and more inviting.
0:18.0	CVS Health is doing this by creating new programs, encouraging care to discussions, and providing
0:23.2	increased access to digital tools and telehealth services.
0:27.0	CVS Health is there to help.
0:31.0	Learn more at CVS Health.com.
0:34.0	Let me know.
0:41.0	Welcome to the bubble.
0:58.0	This is your host, Andy Slavitt.
1:01.0	Let's take a step back and spend a second on the outlook and what we have to look forward
1:07.5	to.
1:38.5	I think it's a good word to listen to.
1:47.5	One of Larry's points was this is a five-year exercise and beyond that we have some level of
1:54.5	COVID.
1:55.5	We have other pathogens and diseases out there.
2:01.5	I think we have been sort of a bit schizophrenic going from this is serious and scary to, hey, maybe
2:12.5	it's over with vaccinations, to, oh no, it's not and it's scary again to now.
2:17.5	Well, things may be getting a little bit better.
2:20.5	Of course, it's also part of all that.
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