Popular Science — April 28, 2021
Since the coronavirus pandemic’s earliest days, public health experts have agreed that intercepting and minimizing outbreaks would hinge on our ability to answer a seemingly simple question: Do I have the virus?
Compared to this time last year, consumers have far more COVID-19 testing options available to them—including, now, a handful of new tests that can be administered from the comfort of home.
“Each type of test has its place,” says Patrick Godbey, lab director of Southeast Georgia Regional Health System and Southeastern Pathology Associates. “You use the different types of tests for different situations.” And the advent of do-it-yourself tests, he says, “has the potential to be tremendous.”