[araneae]

It actually is a public health issue. Officials often make decisions on what treatments are available to what groups based on their effects on public health. For instance, vaccination or lack there of of certain demographics, when to begin mammograms, etc.

These tests absolutely fall under the FDAs jurisdiction; after all, pregnancy tests do! If research was done that found that people would ignorantly use these tests in lieu of condoms, that would worsen the HIV epidemic considerably, and the FDA would likely not approve them for off the counter usage.

I'm libertarian minded, so my feelings about this are more complicated from that. But you brought up public health, and from a public health standpoint there absolutely is an interest in denying people access to technology that would worsen an epidemic!

[carbocation]

When you frame the argument like that, there's no disagreeing. Keep in mind I wasn't advocating for technology that would worsen an epidemic, but I don't see that as a strawman; I see your point as orthogonal rather than in reply. I'm not saying that I would advocate for throwaway tests in public bathrooms with no support system around them. I'm looking at the device, not the silly article written about an article written about a Nature Medicine article.