we now know a lot more about testing for COVID-19 than at this time in 2020, and at-home rapid tests could help make a family’s Thanksgiving or Christmas gathering safer when combined with vaccination. RELATED: Vaccinated families can ‘feel good’ about holiday gatherings, Fauci saysAt-home test kits for COVID-19, while not as accurate as the PCR tests done in hospitals and test sites, can still add a layer of safety and reassurance by providing on-the-spot results.
Rapid testing can have results back within minutes instead of days. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted an emergency use authorization to two kinds of rapid tests: molecular and antigen.