[needle]

I think college athletes in contact sports are going to have to have regular quick-result testing before matches.

This will not be easy.

1.) False Negatives in Quick COVID-19 Test Near 15 Percent: Study

After in-house testing of different available tests, one physician found that Abbott’s assay using its ID NOW device, which can provide results in 5–13 minutes, has a false-negative rate that nears 15 percent.

https://www.the-scientist.com/news-opini...tudy-67451

2.) Many states are far short of Covid-19 testing levels needed for safe reopening, new analysis shows

The more worrisome gap involves states that, despite having thousands of Covid-19 cases, are easing mitigation strategies by, for instance, allowing more businesses and public spaces such as beaches to reopen. To catch hot spots before they turn into wildfires of disease, Georgia must do 9,600 to 10,000 tests per day; it has been averaging around 4,000. Florida will need 16,000; in the last week it has been hitting just above 10,000.

https://www.statnews.com/2020/04/27/coro...reopening/

3.) Inside America’s unending testing snafu

But doubling the number of tests conducted from the current 1 million per week, as the White House recommends, is far more complicated than that. In addition to solving the complex global supply chain problems with test and lab materials, it will likely require large purchases of high-speed lab equipment and greater national coordination.

https://www.politico.com/news/2020/04/22...ica-201372

[needle]

I think college athletes in contact sports are going to have to have regular quick-result testing before matches.

This will not be easy.

1.) False Negatives in Quick COVID-19 Test Near 15 Percent: Study

After in-house testing of different available tests, one physician found that Abbott’s assay using its ID NOW device, which can provide results in 5–13 minutes, has a false-negative rate that nears 15 percent.

https://www.the-scientist.com/news-opini...tudy-67451

2.) Many states are far short of Covid-19 testing levels needed for safe reopening, new analysis shows

The more worrisome gap involves states that, despite having thousands of Covid-19 cases, are easing mitigation strategies by, for instance, allowing more businesses and public spaces such as beaches to reopen. To catch hot spots before they turn into wildfires of disease, Georgia must do 9,600 to 10,000 tests per day; it has been averaging around 4,000. Florida will need 16,000; in the last week it has been hitting just above 10,000.

https://www.statnews.com/2020/04/27/coro...reopening/

3.) Inside America’s unending testing snafu

But doubling the number of tests conducted from the current 1 million per week, as the White House recommends, is far more complicated than that. In addition to solving the complex global supply chain problems with test and lab materials, it will likely require large purchases of high-speed lab equipment and greater national coordination.

https://www.politico.com/news/2020/04/22...ica-201372