TWiV 640: Test often, fast turnaround, with Michael Mina

<p>Michael Mina joins TWiV to reveal why frequent and rapid SARS-CoV-2 testing is more important than accuracy, how a daily $1 rapid test could control the pandemic, and why group testing works.</p> <p>Hosts: <a href= "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_Racaniello">Vincent Racaniello,</a> <a href= "http://www.mgm.ufl.edu/faculty/faculty-home-pages/condit-richard-c/"> Rich Condit</a>, <a href= "https://sites.google.com/a/umich.edu/spindler-lab/">Kathy Spindler</a>, and <a href= "http://www.twitter.com/BioProfBarker">Brianne Barker</a></p> <p>Guests: <a href= "https://ccdd.hsph.harvard.edu/people/michael-mina/">Michael Mina</a></p> <p>Subscribe (free): <a href= "http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=300973784">iTunes</a>, <a href="https://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cDovL3R3aXYubWljcm9iZXdvcmxkLmxpYnN5bnByby5jb20vdHdpdg%3D%3D">Google Podcasts</a>, <a href= "http://twiv.microbeworld.libsynpro.com/twiv">RSS</a>, <a href="http://eepurl.com/Gcw59">email</a></p> <p>Become a <a href= "https://www.microbe.tv/contribute">patron</a> of TWiV!</p> <p><strong data-rich-text-format-boundary="true">Links for this episode</strong></p> <ul class="rich-text block-editor-rich-text__editable" role= "textbox" contenteditable="true" aria-multiline="true" aria-label= "Write list…"> <li>Michael Mina on <a href= "https://www.microbe.tv/immune/immune-26/">Immune 26</a></li> <li>White House <a href= "https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/14/us/politics/trump-cdc-coronavirus.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage"> bypasses CDC</a> (NY Times)</li> <li>Test sensitivity is <a href= "https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.06.22.20136309v2">secondary to frequency and turnaround time</a> (medRxiv)</li> <li><a href= "https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.05.01.20086801v1">Group testing</a> for SARS-CoV-2 (medRxiv)</li> <li>Consider the <a href= "https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7314112/">cycle threshold value</a> (Clin Inf Dis)</li> <li><a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28