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I've looked multiple times at dozens of stores. In my area of the U.S. they can't be found in stock.

by toolz 5y ago

phil21 5y ago
Yes. That's the whole buy them months in advance part so you are prepared everyone in the US apparently forgot about. I feel like I was raised in a different generation. Preparation is a thing. It was quite obvious we were likely to have a covid spike this winter. Anyone without a stock of antigen tests at this point has simply been irresponsible as it was trivial to buy a few boxes at $14/ea at walmart the past 6mo.
- twelve40 5y ago
  only to discover that the countries you are flying to don't accept antigen tests, and that stock you just bought is useless?
  - cr1895 5y ago
    Does any airline on the planet accept a quick test done at home without so,e sort of validation? Highly doubtful.
    - skohan 5y ago
      Yeah I am not sure these tests are good for anything these days except for personal responsibility.
- ceejayoz 5y ago
  $14 is more than a day's food budget for quite a few low income families. Not everyone can afford to speculatively buy antigen tests.
- toolz 5y ago
  You realize if everyone was a "prepper" then you wouldn't have any tests either, right? Supply doesn't magically increase if people flood the stores a month or two early.
  - phil21 5y ago
    Very late reply, but this is only true on a theoretical level, and not in this case. Abbott both destroyed unsold inventory (6-7mo from expiration dates) and closed down one of their production facilities they stood up for these tests due to lack of demand over the summer. If everyone was a "prepper" (no, I don't think having some basic $7 tests sitting in your medicine closet really reaches this point at all, this is called "being prepared" and used to be a civic duty taught to children) the production would not have stopped, and they would not have let 2500+ workers go they are now scrambling to get back. tldr; production was there, it was ended due to lack of demand. Yes, some (many) folks are in a financial position where $14 is a large expense, but those are outliers and certainly not the folks asking if I have any tests on hand right now.
edmundsauto 5y ago
Amazon has them and estimates 2 weeks out. I placed an order around Dec 25 and got them about 9 days later. That might not help right now, but it's not like the pandemic is going anywhere by the time I expect to get them (even w/ the delay)

I've looked multiple times at dozens of stores. In my area of the U.S. they can't be found in stock.

by toolz 5y ago

I've looked multiple times at dozens of stores. In my area of the U.S. they can't be found in stock.

Yes. That's the whole buy them months in advance part so you are prepared everyone in the US apparently forgot about. I feel like I was raised in a different generation. Preparation is a thing. It was quite obvious we were likely to have a covid spike this winter. Anyone without a stock of antigen tests at this point has simply been irresponsible as it was trivial to buy a few boxes at $14/ea at walmart the past 6mo.

twelve40 5y ago
only to discover that the countries you are flying to don't accept antigen tests, and that stock you just bought is useless?
- cr1895 5y ago
  Does any airline on the planet accept a quick test done at home without so,e sort of validation? Highly doubtful.
  - skohan 5y ago
    Yeah I am not sure these tests are good for anything these days except for personal responsibility.
ceejayoz 5y ago
$14 is more than a day's food budget for quite a few low income families. Not everyone can afford to speculatively buy antigen tests.
toolz 5y ago
You realize if everyone was a "prepper" then you wouldn't have any tests either, right? Supply doesn't magically increase if people flood the stores a month or two early.
- phil21 5y ago
  Very late reply, but this is only true on a theoretical level, and not in this case. Abbott both destroyed unsold inventory (6-7mo from expiration dates) and closed down one of their production facilities they stood up for these tests due to lack of demand over the summer. If everyone was a "prepper" (no, I don't think having some basic $7 tests sitting in your medicine closet really reaches this point at all, this is called "being prepared" and used to be a civic duty taught to children) the production would not have stopped, and they would not have let 2500+ workers go they are now scrambling to get back. tldr; production was there, it was ended due to lack of demand. Yes, some (many) folks are in a financial position where $14 is a large expense, but those are outliers and certainly not the folks asking if I have any tests on hand right now.

edmundsauto 5y ago

Amazon has them and estimates 2 weeks out. I placed an order around Dec 25 and got them about 9 days later. That might not help right now, but it's not like the pandemic is going anywhere by the time I expect to get them (even w/ the delay)