State wants ‘rapid’ COVID testing, but local officials prefer ‘assurance’
”Antigen is more like scanning the haystack while PCR is like finding a needle in a haystack,” Dr. Lisa Piercey, state health commissioner, seen here with Gov. Bill Lee in March. (Mark Humphrey/AP file)
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David Waters
David Waters is Distinguished Journalist in Residence and assistant director of the Institute for Public Service Reporting at the University of Memphis.
Local labs producing “do-it-yourself” testing kits that can be self-administered and pooled on site.
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