Originally Posted by
nzkarit
The thing in AU/NZ is that cases are so low that the false positives would be greater than the actual positives when the antigen tests are used. So likely to cause more issues than solve.
Yes the proportion of false positives would be high but the actual number would be very low depending on the exact specificity. Also since the turnaround on results is so fast there would generally be time for a second test before boarding if necessary.