Originally Posted by
snic
Ask the people at CVS whether it detects the N protein. Of course, the person administering the test will have no idea, and will ask someone else (like the pharmacist), who will also have very little clue. I asked someone I know who manages a clinical lab, overseeing hundreds of daily Covid tests, and even she is not sure exactly how you'd find out which tests detect N and which don't.
The good news is that most likely the people checking your test results - airline personnel and/or French border control agents - will also have no clue.
Still, I'm fortunate that there's a local testing site that does rapid PCR at no cost, and apparently all PCR tests are accepted by France.
I wrote directly to the lab that manufactures the specific test CVS is offering at that location and they did confirm that the test detects the “n” protein so I should be all set. And indeed, I was thinking the same thing as you: what Delta / AF employee would know to check that on the test results?
