COVID testing — costs and consequences

[steelfrog]

Steel just talked to an ACC coach. The ACC is apparently requiring 3x/week testing for all athletes and staff that are competing. So for football that’s about $100 per person times three times 150 people for 10 weeks. Plus all the other sports. For this one ACC school they estimate the costs of testing alone is Estimated to be $3mm for this year. Not good...

also limits what they can do with non ACC because ACC requires them to follow ACC protocols which small schools can’t afford

 

[SuperBarrFrog]

They can literally afford anything as long as it doesn’t involve paying players.

 

[Casey T]

Hopefully test costs drop over the next month or two as some are anticipating

 

[Eight]

why was steel talking to a pe teacher at a central texas community college

 

[netty2424]

Anyone paying $100 for Covid testing is getting robbed.

 

[YA]

Anyone paying $100 for Covid testing is getting robbed.

yep--I test the firm once a month at $30/nasal test and $10 for the antibodies test--still all too high but I do get discounts when testing 225+ people

 

[Eight]

Anyone paying $100 for Covid testing is getting robbed.

sure they are using the standard government bidding process

 

[WIN]

3 mil expense compared to the loss of not playing is a no brainier.

 

[Sweat Equity]

Our firm is in Phase 2 of a diagnostic with 98% specificity, 95% sensitivity (FDA approved Abbott ID NOW lab test is ~60%). One minute result (much like a pregnancy test). Our POS/D2C $ is $4.95 a test.

The antibody tests on the market are worthless for reasons which will take me paragraphs to go through.

 

[Froggish]

The B12 is also testing 3 times a week

 

[CountryFrog]

The B12 is also testing 3 times a week

Sam Ehlinger will only be tested once per week. And it will just be Tom Herman asking him if he has COVID or a concussion.