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Lucira's COVID-19 test is the only EUA authorized rapid at-home self-test that delivers PCR accuracy and early detectability in a single-use test kit with results in 30 minutes Availability in the ...

In this case, since the CDC's PCR test was made to only identify SARS-Cov-2, it cannot detect or confuse the genetic sequences of another virus such as influenza, according to Dr. Petros ...

"PCR tests are still by far the best test and those are the tests that most hospitals are using to identify COVID-19 patients," she said. A health worker inserts a swab into a patient's nose at a ...

Similarly, the antigen test has specific drawbacks as well. They are decidedly less accurate than PCR tests when a person has a lower amount of the virus in their system. The virus is still ...

The post cites Mullis's quote – in the midst of a pandemic where PCR tests are frequently used to diagnose COVID-19 – without clarifying his comments were tied to HIV, not the coronavirus.