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expired Posted by thedavidk • Sep 11, 2021
Sep 11, 2021 10:54 AM
2-Count BinaxNOW COVID‐19 Antigen Self Test
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Walmart Inc (WMT.N), Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O), and Kroger Co (KR.N) will sell those tests at-cost for the next three months, or up to 35% less, starting by the end of this week. Medicaid will cover at-home tests at no costs for beneficiaries.
"We have partnered with the Biden Administration on several initiatives to accelerate COVID-19 vaccination in America, including our Community Immunity $5 million giveaway, and as the President announced yesterday, Kroger is one of three national partners who have agreed to make at-home, rapid COVID-19 tests available to customers at cost for the next 100 days," Jenifer Moore, Kroger Corporate Affairs Manager, said.
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Walmart Inc (WMT.N), Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O), and Kroger Co (KR.N) will sell those tests at-cost for the next three months, or up to 35% less, starting by the end of this week. Medicaid will cover at-home tests at no costs for beneficiaries.
"We have partnered with the Biden Administration on several initiatives to accelerate COVID-19 vaccination in America, including our Community Immunity $5 million giveaway, and as the President announced yesterday, Kroger is one of three national partners who have agreed to make at-home, rapid COVID-19 tests available to customers at cost for the next 100 days," Jenifer Moore, Kroger Corporate Affairs Manager, said.
Their policy states: "Sorry, we don't match:Items purchased from Walmart.com that later decrease in price"
Sam's Club has it for $14 now also and Walmart said they would price match there. Shrug.
A lot of questions hopefully I can clear some up. This tests for the viral particles itself (antigen) so an active infection. This does not test for antibodies or immunity. This rapid test was given and EUA or emergency use authorization which means it doesn't have full FDA approval but the FDA thinks there is enough evidence to provide some utility for making the test available prior to doing a full review on it. This rapid test is nowhere near as sensitive or as a PCR test. In other words it has the potential for a lot of false negatives meaning that the test tells you that you don't have COVID when you really do. And that's because of the different technology. With PCR you have an amplification of genetic material so it's like those cop shows where even the smallest amount of genetic material is copied and then tested to see if there is a match. With this test there has to be enough material already for it to show a positive without replicating any material. That is why this works best for someone with symptoms because if it is COVID they likely have enough virus for the test to pick it up. The good news is that it is pretty specific so if you do pop a positive then it's pretty likely that you do have COVID. (Well I guess that wouldn't be good news). Here's the FDA fact sheet on the EUA for a test.
https://www.fda.gov/media/141570/download
So in my opinion this test is better suited for people who are symptomatic who want to know if it's COVID or some other kind of cold like illness. It's okay for surveillance but it's not going to be sensitive enough if you don't have symptoms for anything really crucial. So any real critical use case like say visiting an unvaccinated grandparent, I would not trust it enough. Also keep in mind you really should follow it up with a second test, ideally a PCR. So for instance we had to use one this weekend for my daughter. She developed mild symptoms but since the healthcare system is so swamped our pediatrician declined to test her since she had such mild symptoms. I did another rapid test (couldn't find this one) on her and she was negative. So we used that to guide our level of quarantine for her at home. We're both vaccinated but her sister is too young. We're still keeping her home until the PCR results come in. Also keep in mind that the test only detects virus at the time you take it. It sounds obvious but remember when you test in your clinical course can have a huge factor on what the test shows. If you take it too early or too late there might not yet be enough virus in the sample for the test to detect it. That's why they give you two and tell you to take the other one 36 hours after the first one to give you a much better predictor on if you have COVID. But remember the best thing you can do to help yourself, your loved ones and your community is mask up around others and
GET VACCINATED!
Stay safe
Walmart Inc (WMT.N), Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O), and Kroger Co (KR.N) will sell those tests at-cost for the next three months, or up to 35% less, starting by the end of this week. Medicaid will cover at-home tests at no costs for beneficiaries.
"We have partnered with the Biden Administration on several initiatives to accelerate COVID-19 vaccination in America, including our Community Immunity $5 million giveaway, and as the President announced yesterday, Kroger is one of three national partners who have agreed to make at-home, rapid COVID-19 tests available to customers at cost for the next 100 days," Jenifer Moore, Kroger Corporate Affairs Manager, said.
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The threshold to confirm a positive is set fairly high for these rapid tests compared to nucleic tests. But, this on the other hand, makes false positives nearly impossible.
Just make sure to test at least after a few days post exposure. Your body needs time to produce an immune response for these rapid tests to detect. (Doesn't mean one has to be symptomatic, though).
Another use case is to test yourself prior to air travel and if positive confirm with PCR to let trip cancellation/interruption insurance to kick in.
Overall it's convenient, and I was able to bring them on my carryon without much hassle. The airline I flew with didn't explicitly mention a negative test result was required and my transit and final destinations only required full vax, but the airline still asked for it at the check-in counter. Saved some potential hassle there.
I'd recommend the more expensive proctored version for travel. I'd also recommend taking the test with a laptop instead of a phone or tablet.
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