A Proposal For Rapid Tests To Reduce Student Quarantines

The availability of at-home rapid COVID tests add a new dimension to our ability to prevent the spread of the delta variant. Could they play a key role in school reopenings?

An episode of the Brian Lehrer: A Daily Politics Podcast podcast, hosted by WNYC Studios, titled "A Proposal For Rapid Tests To Reduce Student Quarantines" was published on September 1, 2021 and runs 24 minutes.

September 1, 2021 ·24m · Brian Lehrer: A Daily Politics Podcast

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Summary

The availability of at-home rapid COVID tests add a new dimension to our ability to prevent the spread of the delta variant. Could they play a key role in school reopenings?

Episode Description

The availability of at-home rapid COVID tests add a new dimension to our ability to prevent the spread of the delta variant. Could they play a key role in school reopenings?

On Today's Show:
Michael Mina, MD, PhD, assistant professor of epidemiology at Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, talks about how schools are preparing to test students, the science on boosters and who gets them, and more of the latest COVID-19 news.