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Donna Spencer, The Canadian Press, March 11, 2021Portable, rapid-testing units speeding things up in Calgary curling bubble
“It’s 2 seconds of minor torture to get days of fun,” Manitoba 3rd Adam Casey says
Chase Banger, CTV News, October 5, 2020‘A game changer’: Health Canada approves rapid COVID-19 test based on Guelph research
John Paul Tasker, CBC News, October 11, 2020As parts of Canada tighten COVID restrictions, experts say rapid testing offers a way forward
“Rapid testing is incredibly important. It’s a game-changer. It fills a gap in society to get us back to work, to get us back travelling, to get us back to school.”
David Godkin, BioWorld MedTech, October 2, 2020Songbird flying high with Health Canada approval of double biomarker COVID-19 test device
“Instruments that only look at one marker may produce a false positive where you identify a cold virus and not the coronavirus…It’s simply not as rigorous a test as one looking for two biomarkers.”
Global National News, September 25, 2020“We can have as much testing as we want, but if the lab is unable to process this, then we are no further ahead.”
Dr. Sumon Chakrabarti, Infectious Diseases Physician
Alex Bozikovic, Globe and Mail, August 13, 2020School Ventilation Could Spread COVID-19: Why aren’t we talking about it?
“The question is, how do I make sure that I’ve got as much air flow as possible, and it’s providing dilution to as much of the room as possible?”