RE:RE:Why they’re still in the running!yes, Therma and Orpheus are right online with others. The various other tests, whether spit, nose or blood still require lengthy lab analysis which takes time. It's a bottle neck.
If your kid is sick one morning, and it's going to screw up your job and your income because the school deems them a covid risk, they have to have the nose test and 3 days at least at home. Or, if you don't want to subject your child to that, a 2 week isolation at home before they can go back to school.
Or, for $10 or so, a quick home saliva test. 20 seconds, results are in. You go to work and earn your income, the kids go to school.
Unlike other companies developing a saliva test (they are all like Orpheus, in that they are private firms), THRM is one you can buy into as a private investor.