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Apr 15, 2021
Rapid antigen tests are failing to detect the first few days of COVID-19 infections, a period when people are already capable of transmitting the virus, according to a prominent German virologist.
The shortcoming could undermine efforts to use these fast and cheap tests, already widely deployed across Germany, the U.K. and the U.S., to determine if someone can safely enter a place where people are congregating, Christian Drosten, head of the virology department at Berlin’s Charite hospital, said on a podcast.
It will probably take months before this phenomenon is backed up by clinical data in scientific journals, he said. That’s because, for now, few people who believe they are healthy are subjecting themselves on the same day to both a rapid antigen test and a molecular test, such as one based on the reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (PCR) method, the gold standard for accuracy.
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Adrienne Dixson, one of the candidates for director of OUâs new Gateway to Belonging course, has withdrawn from the search.Â
According to a Thursday email from Joshua Nelson, chair of the director search committee, Dixsonâs webinar on April 23 has been canceled, and all other webinars will proceed as scheduled.Â
Dixson, a professor of critical race theory and education at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, was scheduled to appear in the final webinar as one of four candidates for the position.Â
In an April 5 email, Nelson wrote the course is intended to help students build an âintercultural awarenessâ that will help them understand different perspectives. The future director will receive a faculty position, supervise the curriculum and lead the instructional faculty team, Nelson wrote.Â
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