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Where's the "Start Timer" button on the at-home covid test?
I just did my first at-home test, an iHealth COVID-19 Antigen Rapid Test.
First, having my usual case of performance anxiety, I read the directions through carefully three times. Then I laid all the pieces out and proceeded.
I was fine* until I got to step 5, Wait 15 minutes: Start the timer by clicking the “Start Timer” button.
The instructions leaflet did not show a picture of the location or even mention on which part of the paraphernalia I should look for this button. There did not seem to be any sort of button involved in any part of this. There was no button, labeled or unlabeled.
I had a handy kitchen timer ready, and I set that for 15 minutes, so it was okay. And the test did come out negative: I really do have a cold ordinaire for the first time in more than two years.
But shouldn’t somebody have spotted this omission and fixed it by now?
You folks in the know: where is the damn button?
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*That is, apart from the three-hands problem: holding the used swab, ready to dunk, without letting it touch anything, while opening the little bottle with two hands.
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