Thanks, I appreciate the clarification. I’d indeed misunderstood that part of the rules—I figured since there’s such a thing as a “gold standard” test, rapid tests wouldn’t be considered “good enough” by the bureaucracies (even if they sound good enough for individuals who understand type 1 and 2 errors), but it makes sense if their main worries are instead that one might lie about the test result, or not perform the test correctly, or something.
And e.g. this page (in German) says that the Covid self tests are indeed identical to antigen tests except that they have to be administered by oneself and are hence only available / useful for private citizens.
(Side note: Somehow your quote from my comment ends on “As far as I know, the “antigen tests” are the same as the “rapid tests”.”, but that sentence isn’t by me. Presumably it was meant to be part of your own comment?)
Thanks, I appreciate the clarification. I’d indeed misunderstood that part of the rules—I figured since there’s such a thing as a “gold standard” test, rapid tests wouldn’t be considered “good enough” by the bureaucracies (even if they sound good enough for individuals who understand type 1 and 2 errors), but it makes sense if their main worries are instead that one might lie about the test result, or not perform the test correctly, or something.
And e.g. this page (in German) says that the Covid self tests are indeed identical to antigen tests except that they have to be administered by oneself and are hence only available / useful for private citizens.
(Side note: Somehow your quote from my comment ends on “As far as I know, the “antigen tests” are the same as the “rapid tests”.”, but that sentence isn’t by me. Presumably it was meant to be part of your own comment?)