Individuals are conducting home science experiments in which they film themselves misusing rapid COVID-19 tests.
Dozens of similar videos are circulating on social media platforms like TikTok and Instagram. But the tests aren't faulty — they are just being misused, according to experts. The Food and Drug Administration has deemed positive results from antigen tests highly accurate when used properly.
In an interview with CBS Mornings, Dr. Michael Mina, an epidemiologist and chief science officer at eMed, said that rapid COVID-19 tests are an important tool for people to determine if they might be infectious and, more broadly, to safeguard public health. Over-the-counter antigen tests from manufacturers including Abbott Labs and Quidel contain a diluent that users are instructed to mix with a sample collected from a nasal swab.
"You will get inaccurate results when the tests are not used how they are designed," she said."Medical testing is a very sophisticated science, and we are only just moving into these home tests. There is a lot of sophistication and process that goes into doing them at the lab, and you have to respect that when you're doing them at home."
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