How hard is it to use a Covid-19 self-test kit?

The 'curse of knowledge' explains why we stumble in trying to follow 'simple' instructions

A staff member from the Health Promotion Board explaining to an elderly person how to use the antigen rapid test self-test kit in June. ST PHOTO: KUA CHEE SIONG

(FINANCIAL TIMES) - I recently had the doubtful pleasure of self-administering a mail-order Covid-19 test.

It was a process that required simultaneously mastering the test itself, packing up the sample, and registering the procedure online.

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