Testing for the coronavirus: $5 to save a life

Published June 30, 2020 4:19am ET



Ignorance is not bliss in a pandemic. That’s why widespread affordable testing is vital to containing COVID-19.

Experts such as Nobel laureate Paul Romer predict a need for several hundred million tests a week by later this year. The test that’s needed is an easy to use, highly accurate, rapid home combination antigen-antibody COVID-19 saliva test, with opt-in contact tracing and disease surveillance.

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