Post by Nadica (She/Her) on Oct 22, 2024 3:14:53 GMT
roundup of highly reliable, easy-to-use molecular covid tests on the market - Published May 27, 2024
🧪Here's an updated roundup of highly reliable, easy-to-use molecular covid tests on the market today!
Accuracy stats, cost per test, and citations throughout. 🧵
🏆 Coming in at #1, we have the Pluslife Minidock!
This one has an amazing 98.3% test sensitivity -- meaning if it shows a negative result, you can rely pretty heavily on that.
Read more here:
Citation: virus.sucks/pluslife_en/
publichealth.jmir.org/2023/1/e48107
🥈 At a close 2nd place, the Metrix molecular test has an impressive 96.7% test sensitivity and a much cheaper startup cost (though this is negated over time by the more expensive tests). Also a really good system to get.
Citation: web.archive.org/web/2023051116…
🥉 In third place we have the 3EO system. In my opinion, the only reason to get this one is if you don't have access to Pluslife or Metrix. 🤷♀️
It's still good, but it's outperformed on both cost and test sensitivity by Metrix.
Citation: web.archive.org/web/2023101721…
☁️ Honorable mention: Lucira combined Covid & Flu test.
The sensitivity isn't great (only 88.7%). However, it still FAR outperforms rapid antigen tests (like what's at Walgreens) & it's a self-contained, single-use test. There may be some situations where that's desirable.
For context: The rapid covid tests at pharmacies today are VERY bad at ruling out covid (their negative reliability hovers around 25%)😫
By contrast, these molecular tests produce negative results that are over 95% reliable! 😀
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36379401/
I hope you're able to improve the reliability of your at-home covid testing 💙
And if you can afford one of these, that means you can afford two of these. Buy an extra system and give it to someone who can't.
🧪Here's an updated roundup of highly reliable, easy-to-use molecular covid tests on the market today!
Accuracy stats, cost per test, and citations throughout. 🧵
🏆 Coming in at #1, we have the Pluslife Minidock!
This one has an amazing 98.3% test sensitivity -- meaning if it shows a negative result, you can rely pretty heavily on that.
Read more here:
Citation: virus.sucks/pluslife_en/
publichealth.jmir.org/2023/1/e48107
🥈 At a close 2nd place, the Metrix molecular test has an impressive 96.7% test sensitivity and a much cheaper startup cost (though this is negated over time by the more expensive tests). Also a really good system to get.
Citation: web.archive.org/web/2023051116…
🥉 In third place we have the 3EO system. In my opinion, the only reason to get this one is if you don't have access to Pluslife or Metrix. 🤷♀️
It's still good, but it's outperformed on both cost and test sensitivity by Metrix.
Citation: web.archive.org/web/2023101721…
☁️ Honorable mention: Lucira combined Covid & Flu test.
The sensitivity isn't great (only 88.7%). However, it still FAR outperforms rapid antigen tests (like what's at Walgreens) & it's a self-contained, single-use test. There may be some situations where that's desirable.
For context: The rapid covid tests at pharmacies today are VERY bad at ruling out covid (their negative reliability hovers around 25%)😫
By contrast, these molecular tests produce negative results that are over 95% reliable! 😀
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36379401/
I hope you're able to improve the reliability of your at-home covid testing 💙
And if you can afford one of these, that means you can afford two of these. Buy an extra system and give it to someone who can't.