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A one time grant of 4 tests for a family of 5 is better than a kick in the shins, but it's not really going to make much of a dent in the frequency that my fami
by djrogers 5y ago
A one time grant of 4 tests for a family of 5 is better than a kick in the shins, but it's not really going to make much of a dent in the frequency that my family can test.
Also there was a lot of talk about getting these out for lower income families - guess what, they're more likely to have multiple generations living under one roof, so limiting this to 4 per house is even worse for them.
- adamrezich 5y agowhy do people need to test all the time these days? what's the point? I understand having a couple tests on hand, maybe even one or two for every person in the household, if you're really paranoid and you want to see if the symptoms someone has started having might be related to covid instead of just being a cold or whatever, and you want to do it at home instead of rushing to urgent care to check. but what's gained from testing with "frequency"—especially now that it sure seems like the bulk of the deadliness of the pandemic is pretty much done with at this point?
- djrogers 5y ago> why do people need to test all the time these days? We don't! I've had to use a bunch of these lately, as you are supposed to test twice if you have symptoms and test negative the first time (yeah - read the instructions!), and it's cold&flu season. My entire family has had cold and flu symptoms multiple times in the past 2 months - that's 10 tests each time if we're following protocol.
- evan_ 5y agoIn a house with 5 people it's a pretty safe bet that if one person has it, you all have it.