In-home COVID-19 testing kits available to buy on Wednesday in Hays County
AUSTIN, Texas — Starting Wednesday, Hays County residents will be able to buy in-home COVID-19 test kits online.
Hays County formed a partnership with an Austin-area company called MDBox.
MDBox bought 500,000 kits from China and will be selling 50,000 of them on its website.
With a prick of a finger, you can find out if you're coronavirus positive without leaving your home. All within 15 minutes.
Hays County Judge Ruben Becerra said he is glad to be the first county in Texas to try the in-home testing and stopping the spread is imperative.
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"I believe if we test as many people as we can in Hays County, just about 300,000 people, if we test everyone, we have an opportunity to determine the asymptomatic people, you have the opportunity to say, 'You need/must quarantine, and here's a road map so you don't clog our medical system,'" said Judge Becerra.
It's advised for those who want to buy an in-home test, you should do a self-assessment first on MDBox.com.
Dr. Paul Barach is the chief medical officer for MDBox.
"If you take the test too early in the process, you might get a different type of result. It's important to get guidance of when you get the test, and that means you should not be doing the test free of medical oversight," Dr. Barach said.
Dr. Barach said the medical oversight is free for Hays County residents. The kits cost around $49.
The remaining kits will be available on a first-come basis for other counties.
These kits are FDA authorized but not FDA approved.
从厉害国进口的50万盒子，看看效果如何
In-home COVID-19 testing kits available to buy on Wednesday in Hays County
AUSTIN, Texas — Starting Wednesday, Hays County residents will be able to
buy in-home COVID-19 test kits online.
Hays County formed a partnership with an Austin-area company called MDBox.
MDBox bought 500,000 kits from China and will be selling 50,000 of them on
its website.
With a prick of a finger, you can find out if you're coronavirus positive
without leaving your home. All within 15 minutes.
Hays County Judge Ruben Becerra said he is glad to be the first county in
Texas to try the in-home testing and stopping the spread is imperative.
RELATED:
LIST: Drive-thru coronavirus testing in Austin area
Austin-based health company announces at-home test kit for COVID-19
"I believe if we test as many people as we can in Hays County, just about
300,000 people, if we test everyone, we have an opportunity to determine the asymptomatic people, you have the opportunity to say, 'You need/must
quarantine, and here's a road map so you don't clog our medical system,'"
said Judge Becerra.
It's advised for those who want to buy an in-home test, you should do a self-assessment first on MDBox.com.
Dr. Paul Barach is the chief medical officer for MDBox.
"If you take the test too early in the process, you might get a different
type of result. It's important to get guidance of when you get the test, and that means you should not be doing the test free of medical oversight," Dr. Barach said.
Dr. Barach said the medical oversight is free for Hays County residents. The kits cost around $49.
The remaining kits will be available on a first-come basis for other
counties.
These kits are FDA authorized but not FDA approved.
中国盒子还是算了吧
还不如跑步测试准
估计会引起恐慌
也就一个county
这种奸商该法办
[在 BCQ (不差钱) 的大作中提到：]
:中国盒子还是算了吧
:还不如跑步测试准
不管怎么说，虽然austin是红州的蓝市，也算未雨绸缪做了些事
比纽约的傻逼州长市长还是强
死到临头才开始准备。凭纽约市的能力，买个几百万厉害国的盒子还不是分分钟的事
一定要到死才开始着急，埋怨联邦不管他们