COVID-19 rapid self-test available in stores, experts weigh in
You can now test yourself for the coronavirus at home
For $24, you can now test yourself for the coronavirus at home and get results in 15 minutes. No prescription is required.
MILWAUKEE - For $24, you can now test yourself for the coronavirus at home and get results in 15 minutes. No prescription is required.
Last week, Abbott Laboratories sent its first shipment of the BinaxNow COVID-19 self-test to Walgreens, CVS and Walmart stores.
Contact 6 had to visit several Milwaukee area stores before spotting it on the shelves.
The BinaxNow rapid antigen test is already in use at the UW-Milwaukee community test site and on campuses in Waukesha and Washington Counties.
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said the percentages reporting various side effects in the first seven days after receiving the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine rose from the first shot to the second shot.
Reports of pain rose from 67.7% to 74.8%; fatigue from 28.6% to 50%; headache from 25.6% to 41.9%; chills from 7% to 26.7%; fever from 7.4% to 25.2%; joint pain from 7.1% to 21.2%; and nausea from 7% to 13.9%.
So, why do some vaccine recipients experience a strong reaction to the second shot, while others undergo mild or no side effects at all?
The first shot primes the immune system, teaching it to recognize the invader, in this case the Spike protein on the new coronavirus. The Spike protein is what allows the virus to attach and penetrate human cells.