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Russ Sharek<p>After a week of being told to try again later, I was finally able to submit a request for some free covid tests here:</p><p><a href="https://covidtests.gov" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">covidtests.gov</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>This site is for US addresses only. Feel free to reply with resources for other countries and I'll boost them!</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/CovidIsNotOver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CovidIsNotOver</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/CovidTesting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CovidTesting</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/StaySafe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StaySafe</span></a></p>
Jennifer Moore 😷<p>A practical question which I'm trying to think through:</p><p>Supposing you might have been exposed to covid, and you have access to NAAT testing like <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/Pluslife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pluslife</span></a> or <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/Metrix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Metrix</span></a>.</p><p>How many days after the possible exposure would you expect to see a positive result if you'd caught it?</p><p>From the diagram in this paper, it looks as though for this cohort, a negative test on day 3 would mean you _hadn't_ caught it.</p><p>Thoughts welcome!</p><p><a href="https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanmic/article/PIIS2666-5247(23)00101-5/fulltext" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">thelancet.com/journals/lanmic/</span><span class="invisible">article/PIIS2666-5247(23)00101-5/fulltext</span></a></p><p><a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/covid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>covid</span></a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/CovidTesting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CovidTesting</span></a></p>
CoolerPseudonym<p>I dunno if anyone will not have heard, but the fancy Cue Health NAAT molecular <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/Covid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Covid</span></a> test, with the handheld gizmo, has been revealed to be a near fraud. The FDA found that the company implemented non-approved changes to reagent formulations and device firmware post-EUA that will have significantly reduced the test’s accuracy. </p><p>In response to the FDA’s letter, the company elected to go out of business.</p><p>Don’t use these tests.</p><p><a href="https://www.fda.gov/inspections-compliance-enforcement-and-criminal-investigations/warning-letters/cue-health-inc-675673-05092024" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">fda.gov/inspections-compliance</span><span class="invisible">-enforcement-and-criminal-investigations/warning-letters/cue-health-inc-675673-05092024</span></a></p><p><a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/CueHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CueHealth</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/CovidIsNotOver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CovidIsNotOver</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/CovidTesting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CovidTesting</span></a></p>
Marcos<p>At the suggestion of others, I switched to Aptitude's Metrix for NAAT Covid19 testing (Thank you to those who suggested it!!). It's a little more fiddly as far as parts and process, but I'll take that over "false negatives" and "closing down". </p><p><a href="https://stillcoviding.ca/en/news/san-diego-covid-19-testmaker-cue-health-is-shutting-down/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">stillcoviding.ca/en/news/san-d</span><span class="invisible">iego-covid-19-testmaker-cue-health-is-shutting-down/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://clacks.link/tags/CovidIsNotOver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CovidIsNotOver</span></a> <a href="https://clacks.link/tags/CovidTesting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CovidTesting</span></a> <a href="https://clacks.link/tags/Covid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Covid</span></a> <a href="https://clacks.link/tags/covid19" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>covid19</span></a> <a href="https://clacks.link/tags/CueHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CueHealth</span></a> <a href="https://clacks.link/tags/Cue" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cue</span></a></p>
Likely Jan Lukas<p>Spotted in the wild today: RATs that don't expire until September 2024!</p><p>Found these at Union Square <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/LondonDrugs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LondonDrugs</span></a></p><p>Still no charge, limit 2 boxes per request. </p><p><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/yeg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>yeg</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/RATs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RATs</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/abhealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>abhealth</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/CovidTesting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CovidTesting</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/CovidIsNotOver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CovidIsNotOver</span></a></p>
Bass #AlleBurgers #EcoHumanist<p>Learning to live with covid-19: testing, vaccination, and mask wearing still play a key part in managing the pandemic</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/ABCovid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ABCovid</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/CovidIsNotOver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CovidIsNotOver</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/CovidTesting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CovidTesting</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/WearAMask" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WearAMask</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.bmj.com/content/383/bmj.p2943" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">bmj.com/content/383/bmj.p2943</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Rosemary<p><a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/COVID19" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>COVID19</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/covid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>covid</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/covidtesting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>covidtesting</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/CovidIsNotOver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CovidIsNotOver</span></a> <br>So you can only get a free test from a pharmacy if you’re eligible. You can’t report result because you’re eligible. You can’t report a paid for test. So nobody can report test results? Have I got that right? It can’t be correct as it would imply that nobody can report positive tests. They don’t tend to test in hospitals either. What is going on??</p>
Denis - The COVID info guy -<p>🇨🇳 China restarts COVID-19 testing in hospitals, airports.</p><p>"Authorities in China have started testing people for COVID-19 again in hospitals and transportation hubs as a wave of respiratory disease tears through the country, according to local residents and government directives."</p><p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/COVID19" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>COVID19</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/COVIDtesting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>COVIDtesting</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/auscovid19" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>auscovid19</span></a></span> </p><p>Source: <a href="https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/china-covid-testing-12062023133541.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">rfa.org/english/news/china/chi</span><span class="invisible">na-covid-testing-12062023133541.html</span></a></p>
Denis - The COVID info guy -<p>🇳🇿New Zealand: Kiwis may face COVID-19 testing in Samoa amid new wave of cases.</p><p>"Samoa’s director-general of health, Aiono Dr Alec Ekeroma, announced 30 new cases of the virus in the country, with 5 of them recorded at the border."</p><p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/NewZealand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewZealand</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Samoa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Samoa</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/COVIDtesting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>COVIDtesting</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/auscovid19" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>auscovid19</span></a></span> </p><p>Source: <a href="https://www.stuff.co.nz/pou-tiaki/133405087/kiwis-may-face-covid19-testing-in-samoa-amid-new-wave-of-cases" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">stuff.co.nz/pou-tiaki/13340508</span><span class="invisible">7/kiwis-may-face-covid19-testing-in-samoa-amid-new-wave-of-cases</span></a></p>
Julie Webgirl - Just Your Luck<p>I can test negative today and be presymptomatic and infectious for 2 days.</p><p>I fail to see how testing before gathering is anything more than a false sense of security.</p><p>Is gathering really more important to you than lifetime <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Disability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Disability</span></a> or death for you, your loved ones or the iconic "granny" that we used to care about not killing?</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CovidTesting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CovidTesting</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RATtesting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RATtesting</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CovidIsNotOver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CovidIsNotOver</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HolidaySuperSpreader" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HolidaySuperSpreader</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Covid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Covid</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LongCovid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LongCovid</span></a></p>
NNWest 🏳️🌈<p>Free home COVID tests are available again from the US gov. I posted the announcement yesterday, but here's the direct link to the order page:<br /><a href="https://special.usps.com/testkits" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">special.usps.com/testkits</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>Stay safe out there!<br /><a href="https://retro.pizza/tags/CovidTesting" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>CovidTesting</span></a> <a href="https://retro.pizza/tags/PSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>PSA</span></a> <a href="https://retro.pizza/tags/covid" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>covid</span></a></p>
Just Staci<p>It seems we can start requesting free COVID home tests again at covid.gov... but they haven’t updated the website yet... which seems wrong to me. On so many levels...</p><p><a href="https://retro.pizza/tags/CovidTesting" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>CovidTesting</span></a></p>
NNWest 🏳️🌈<p>We can start requesting free COVID home tests again. <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2022/12/14/free-covid-home-test-program-restart-00073962" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">politico.com/news/2022/12/14/f</span><span class="invisible">ree-covid-home-test-program-restart-00073962</span></a><br /><a href="https://retro.pizza/tags/CovidTesting" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>CovidTesting</span></a></p>
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