Last week, I was about to go on a date, and because I\u2019m severely immunocompromised, we agreed he would take a COVID test using one of my rapid home PCR tests. It was a courtesy\u2014he felt perfectly fine\u2014 but he tested positive. By the next day, he was sick as a dog. And, by the way, the rapid antigen test he took when he got home that night was negative. <\/p>\n
Regardless of how you much of a health risk you see in COVID, it is still, at best, an inconvenience that costs you days off work. A simple home PCR test saved me from that inconvenience (and worse), and if I\u2019d relied on the common rapid antigen test or done nothing at all, I would probably be sick right now. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Last week, I was about to go on a date, and because I\u2019m severely immunocompromised, we agreed he would take a COVID test using one of my rapid home PCR tests. It was a courtesy\u2014he felt perfectly fine\u2014 but he tested positive. By the next day, he was sick as a dog. And, by the way, the rapid antigen test he took when he got home that night was negative. <\/p>\n
Regardless of how you much of a health risk you see in COVID, it is still, at best, an inconvenience that costs you days off work. A simple home PCR test saved me from that inconvenience (and worse), and if I\u2019d relied on the common rapid antigen test or done nothing at all, I would probably be sick right now. <\/p>\n