A California man bought a PCR test processing machine at home and plans to test members attending his New Year’s Eve program.
Andrew Angus and his family decided to go ahead with the party at their home and invited guests who have been vaccinated, scaled up and invited guests who have had a PCR test and those who have signed up for test slots. Agree to up.
“You never know how people will react,” Angus said. “I’ve gotten so many positive responses.”
Except for the rapid antigen tests available in pharmacies, a PCR test machine is considered more accurate and detects the genetic material of COVID-19 at an early stage of infection.
Andrew Angus bought the machine a few months ago and said that the machine would help his family celebrate New Year’s Eve without any hassle, KGO reported.
“You put the cartridge in. It heats up. Then, you get the sample from your nose, stick it into the cartridge, and it syncs with my phone,” Angus said.
Angus said his family members spent about $1,500 on testing arrangements.
The testing process of the PCR machine takes about 20 minutes. They created a spreadsheet to help manage the process when guests came in for their PCR test. Angus said the results were uploaded to an application on his smartphone.
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When the negative test is received, there are more ground rules for the Angus’ to ring in 2022.
“They’re not allowed to go to the grocery story, to go meet other people,” Angus said. “We kind of lock things down at that point and create a safe of a bubble as we can.”
Because data shows that Marin County has had at least five days of record-setting cases, mostly among the unvaccinated.
“We wouldn’t do this if we just had rapid antigen tests,” Angus said. “But, with a PCR test, it’s going to be better at asymptomatic infection and early infection.”
Angus lives in Marin County, Northern California, and health officials there are advising people not to celebrate their New Year’s parties.
He told KGO that he has successfully hosted other parties over the past year and is confident that they are as safe as possible.
Andrew Angus and his family decided to go ahead with the party at their home and invited guests who have been vaccinated, scaled up and invited guests who have had a PCR test and those who have signed up for test slots. Agree to up.
“You never know how people will react,” Angus said. “I’ve gotten so many positive responses.”
