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US/Texas/Austin Rapid PCR and molecular tests are available through multiple local pharmacies, if you know that they have testing available and you sign up on
by bradknowles 5y ago
US/Texas/Austin
Rapid PCR and molecular tests are available through multiple local pharmacies, if you know that they have testing available and you sign up on their site. Results can be had in an hour.
National chain pharmacies (e.g., Walgreens and CVS) also do rapid antigen tests, but I think for PCR and molecular tests they have to send those out to be processed somewhere else, and results can take days to come back.
There are also rapid molecular tests you can buy online, if you’re resourceful. Detect.com has one, but they put up new batches of test kits for sale at 11:00:00am EST, and by 11:00:05am EST they are sold out. They also have test hubs that they sell which also include one test kit (the hub is re-usable), but they are also frequently sold out.
On Amazon.com, you can buy test kits from Lucira, which have a hub that is not re-usable. Those haven’t been sold out, so far as I can tell. But both Detect.com and Lucira tests are rapid molecular, and give you results in about an hour.
Some employers (like Google) are buying test kits for their employees.
The USPS is also going to start distributing test kits at some point in the near future. Haven’t heard much real-world boot-on-the ground results from that effort.