Article contentHealth Minister Patty Hajdu’s statement Wednesday that Canada is not ready to use rapid COVID-19 testing tools sounded reasonable enough. Health Canada has not seen an antigen test that meets its standards yet, she said. She noted that COVID-19 tests that are not accurate enough for regulators could cause harm by giving people a false sense of security. Try refreshing your browser, or Marni Soupcoff: Withholding rapid COVID-19 testing just doesn't make sense Back to videoAll this starts to sound less coherent when checked against the reality public health experts are presenting. Hajdu makes it sound as though creating a usable quick test will be a herculean scientific task that could take years.

Source: National Post September 17, 2020 20:48 UTC