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Best news so far - saliva test approved by FDA - OutsiderFan - 08-15-2020

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RE: Best news so far - saliva test approved by FDA - Goose - 08-15-2020

I wouldn't get too carried away yet.
Quote:Yale intends to provide its “open source” testing protocol to laboratories around the country. Other labs can now adopt the method while using a variety of commercially available testing components that can reduce costs, speed turnaround times and increase testing frequency, according to the FDA. The Yale researchers have estimated it should cost about $10 to run a test.
This test still involves a lab. You have to get the test to the lab and the results back to the patient (and the State of California). While labs can adopt the method, that won't happen overnight. I can almost assure you that no test that involves a back-and-forth to a lab will cost only $10.00. As a patient, you may pay that, but it will cost more. Also note the word "intends". Future tense.
It is unclear to me that the test is suitable for use with "high throughput" testing machines. Those usually require a cartridge/kit from the manufacturer. Not requiring specialized plasticware to take the sample, and not requiring skilled people to take the sample is a big plus. However, if the resulting test must be run on the smaller PCR machines, people like Quest probably will not be interested. Too manpower intensive.
This test may have many advantages, but we shouldn't expect too much too soon.

RE: Best news so far - saliva test approved by FDA - 82lsju - 08-15-2020

some more info here

Quote:The method, called SalivaDirect, is being further validated as a test for asymptomatic individuals through a program that tests players and staff from the National Basketball Association (NBA). SalivaDirect is simpler, less expensive, and less invasive than the traditional method for such testing, known as nasopharyngeal (NP) swabbing. Results so far have found that SalivaDirect is highly sensitive and yields similar outcomes as NP swabbing.

https://news.yale.edu/2020/08/15/yales-rapid-covid-19-saliva-test-receives-fda-emergency-use-authorization

RE: Best news so far - saliva test approved by FDA - BostonCard - 08-15-2020

I’m inclined to agree with goose here.  Lab testing is all about logistics, much less so about technology. This test helps with only a small portion of that (drawing the sample), but the bulk of the cost, in both time and money, is not in the test itself, but in the logistics around what happens between when the sample is taken from the patient, and the result is reported back.

BC

RE: Best news so far - saliva test approved by FDA - Hurlburt88 - 08-16-2020

I am excited by this an any other incremental advance that can help blunt the impact of COVID.   I'll be watching this board and other sources in the coming weeks for more information on roll-out timing and logistics.

RE: Best news so far - saliva test approved by FDA - Mick - 08-16-2020

(08-15-2020, 10:13 PM)BostonCard Wrote:  I’m inclined to agree with goose here.  Lab testing is all about logistics, much less so about technology. BC

That can't be right.  Elizabeth Holmes told me so...  ;)

RE: Best news so far - saliva test approved by FDA - dabigv13 - 08-16-2020

If Holmes was just a couple years later with her product, she'd probably be sitting on a lot of government money right about now to try and make her machine work for covid testing.

RE: Best news so far - saliva test approved by FDA - Goose - 08-16-2020

(08-16-2020, 08:46 AM)dabigv13 Wrote:  If Holmes was just a couple years later with her product, she'd probably be sitting on a lot of government money right about now to try and make her machine work for covid testing.
I think you are absolutely right. This thought should give pause to all of us about what is going on during this outbreak. Lots of very questionable decisions will be made. It is an inevitable consequence of the uncertainty we all face. Another reason to be more prepared at all levels in the future.

RE: Best news so far - saliva test approved by FDA - Mick - 09-19-2020

(08-16-2020, 08:46 AM)dabigv13 Wrote:  If Holmes was just a couple years later with her product, she'd probably be sitting on a lot of government money right about now to try and make her machine work for covid testing.

I wonder if her voice would be as deep.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PjnsYz-xdOI

Said "I don't know" 600 times in depo tapes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PvznWSEKoEE