Saturday, January 22nd, 2022
Special Edition: COVID Testing Questions Answered
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Now that every American household can sign up to get four at-home COVID-19 tests from the federal government for free, we’re talking all about COVID testing. We’re answering some top questions about when to use each type of test, their accuracy, and their availability.
Our expert today has been tracking the development of COVID-19 tests throughout this pandemic: Dr. Gigi Gronvall is an immunologist and senior scholar at Johns Hopkins University. She’s clearing up misconceptions about at-home testing, sharing her take on the CDC’s latest isolation guidelines, and more.
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Guest: Gigi Gronvall
Dr. Gigi Gronvall is a Senior Scholar at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security and an Associate Professor in the Department of Environmental Health and Engineering at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. She is an immunologist by training.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, she has led the Center’s ongoing efforts to track the development and marketing of molecular and antigen tests and serology tests, as well as the development of national strategies for COVID-19 serology (antibody) tests and SARS-CoV-2 serosurveys in the United States. She has also written about the scientific response to the COVID-19 pandemic and implications for national and international security.
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