EXPLAINER
Snake oil or a key tool to help get people back to work – What’s the fuss with antigen tests?
11 May 2021, 7:30
SNAKE oil that won’t keep you safe or a key tool in getting people back to work in the pandemic?
Antigen tests have been called a lot of things recently and the Government is doing little to clarify the situation.
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NPHET s Professor Philip Nolan referred to the tests as snake oil and claimed the tests will not keep you safeCredit: PA:Press Association
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Tanaiste Leo Varadkar believes antigen tests will help get people back to work but warned they should not be used for safer socialisingCredit: PA:Press Association