Look familiar? How rapid tests changed the pandemic
Lateral flow tests are now part of UK life, with billions spent on test kits. Has it been worth it? …
“It is absolutely not a get-out-of-jail free card, and you do need to continue to take precautions like mask wearing and social distancing,” says Prof Sheila Bird from the MRC Biostatistics Unit at the University of Cambridge. “It is helping to weed out some, but certainly not all, of the true positives.”