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Nate Silver @NateSilver538

By comparison, the average American is taking something like 0.1-0.2 out-of-home tests per 30 days. So, yeah, my followers like getting tested. But we don't have a firm grip on how many *at-home* tests Americans are taking, which are largely going unrecorded. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Dec. 27, 2021

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Nate Silver @NateSilver538

So, these results suggest that people who responded to this poll are taking something like 1.2 at-home COVID tests per 30 days, and 0.7 out-of-home COVID tests per 30 days. Not a representative group, but still interesting that at-home tests are the predominant method! — PolitiTweet.org

Nate Silver @NateSilver538

This will not be a representative sample but still curious about it. For American followers only: in the past 30 d… https://t.co/80of3vJWVc

Posted Dec. 27, 2021

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Nate Silver @NateSilver538

From Abbott financials, I would gather that ~130 million BinaxNow rapid tests were sold in the US in 3Q and that these were slightly more than half the market for rapid tests. So maybe that's 250m tests sold, which equals 0.2-0.3 per American per 30 days. https://t.co/96By7A7f3t — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Dec. 27, 2021

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