{"id":6137,"date":"2021-09-20T16:41:28","date_gmt":"2021-09-20T16:41:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lonecandle.com\/?p=6137"},"modified":"2021-09-20T16:41:28","modified_gmt":"2021-09-20T16:41:28","slug":"why-the-hell-has-the-fda-not-approved-cheap-rapid-covid-19-self-tests-yet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/?p=6137","title":{"rendered":"Why the Hell Has the FDA Not Approved Cheap Rapid COVID-19 Self-Tests Yet?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\n\n“a bin of at-home rapid Flowflex COVID-19 tests for sale for about $3.50 apiece at a supermarket in the Netherlands. The test is manufactured by a company<\/a> headquartered in the U.S., but the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has not approved it for sale here. In the bin below the Flowflex test, you’ll see another COVID-19 self-test offered by Roche<\/a>. You can buy it in the Netherlands for about $5.90 per test. It too is not approved by the FDA.”  
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“From the beginning of the pandemic 20 months ago, hypercautious federal bureaucrats have massively bungled<\/a> COVID-19 diagnostic testing. Way back in March 2020, I argued that the FDA should get out of the way of rapid at-home COVID-19 testing<\/a>. Instead, the agency prevented private companies and academic labs from developing and deploying any COVID-19 tests. It especially took its sweet time approving at-home diagnostic tests. The first real at-home COVID-19 wasn’t finally approved<\/a> until mid-December.”  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“If cheap rapid COVID-19 self-tests are good enough for Europeans, surely they are good enough for Americans.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n


https:\/\/reason.com\/2021\/09\/09\/why-the-hell-has-the-fda-not-approved-cheap-rapid-covid-19-self-tests-yet\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“a bin of at-home rapid Flowflex COVID-19 tests for sale for about $3.50 apiece at a supermarket in the Netherlands. The test is manufactured by a company headquartered in the U.S., but the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has not approved it for sale here. In the bin below the Flowflex test, you’ll see another COVID-19 self-test offered by Roche. You can buy it in the Netherlands for about $5.90 per test. It too is not approved by the FDA.” <\/p>\n

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“From the beginning of the pandemic 20 months ago, hypercautious federal bureaucrats have massively bungled COVID-19 diagnostic testing. Way back in March 2020, I argued that the FDA should get out of the way of rapid at-home COVID-19 testing. Instead, the agency prevented private companies and academic labs from developing and deploying any COVID-19 tests. It especially took its sweet time approving at-home diagnostic tests. The first real at-home COVID-19 wasn’t finally approved until mid-December.” <\/p>\n

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