Free Covid Tests?

[Bogie]

So, did any of y'all get yours in the mail yet?

[Lennyjoe]

Never ordered them.  Not really interested in testing if I get bugger nose anyway.  Everyone else around my inner circle got it but me so what’s the sense.  If I get sick and have trouble breathing then I’ll go to the hospital but anything else I’m just staying home and away from anyone anyway…

Yea I’m pretty much over the whole Rona deal….

[bedlamite]

Not interested in a CCP DNA collection kit.

[RoadKingLarry]

I got mine today!
No intention of ever using them but I got em.
 

[dogmush]

Not yet.

[Ben]

Mine came last week. I'll use one if I come down with something, just out of curiosity.

[230RN]

Not interested in a CCP DNA collection kit.

OK !

Terry looks around furtively, mutters "Paranoia is a survival trait" and hobbles away quietly into the shadows....

...meantime thinking of all the medical tests where DNA had been collected, advertently or inadvertently.

Actually, I'm 67.2121% sure I had one of the early cases of it before it was realized it was a pandemic, back in late 2019 or early 2020. It was the "best" cold / flu / Caribbean Crud / Beezlebubitis I ever had.  I remember during a chest X-ray they asked me to raise my arms over my head and when I tried, it triggered severe coughing.  Lasted about two weeks.

But I don't have a test kit and at this point in time, don't think I'll get one  I'm not one of those chip-on-shoulder guys regarding mask requirements and the other Covid BS, but I don't see the need for a test kit right now.

Terry, 230RN

[HankB]

I ordered my "free" Wuhan virus test kits, haven't received them yet. Of course, our mail delivery has gotten crappy of late.

Thursday the Austin, TX area had an ice storm - the weather guessers on TV were warning of apocalyptic conditions, and the roads DID get slick - but things locally weren't nearly as bad as predicted. No mail or newspaper delivery on Thursday. This I understand - icy roads in a hilly area are bad to drive on.

Friday saw conditions greatly improved - a little warmer, a little sunlight . . . got both Thursday and Friday newspapers delivered. No problems on the road, but the Post Office still wasn't delivering mail.

Saturday the local roads were just fine. Newspaper delivered early AM as usual. NO MAIL DELIVERY. Wretched %$$#@!@$  were too  &^%$@$! lazy to work.

[HeroHog]

Not yet...

[charby]

Not interested in a CCP DNA collection kit.

You do know they are instant tests, and they aren't sent in for analysis.

[WLJ]

I would be more concerned about lead poisoning.

[charby]

I would be more concerned about lead poisoning.

From a cotton swab?

[WLJ]

From a cotton swab?

Just a sarcastic play on the hysteria over lead in Chinese goods that started up a few years ago. 

[Bogie]

From one, not likely, but I could imagine the damn swabs being dipped in something noxious...

[Lennyjoe]

Just make sure you’re properly storing them.  Can’t leave them in the car in the Northeast right now….

[DittoHead]

Just make sure you’re properly storing them.  Can’t leave them in the car in the Northeast right now….

yeah, mine sat in the mailbox at ~20 degrees for most of a day. Supposedly they will still work OK once they are thawed out.
https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/2022/01/25/at-home-covid-19-tests-that-freeze-in-transit-are-likely-still-usable-just-make-sure-theyre-thawed-out/

[Ben]

yeah, mine sat in the mailbox at ~20 degrees for most of a day. Supposedly they will still work OK once they are thawed out.
https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/2022/01/25/at-home-covid-19-tests-that-freeze-in-transit-are-likely-still-usable-just-make-sure-theyre-thawed-out/

Mine too. I wasn't even thinking about that. I'm guessing cold is probably better than sitting in a 110deg mailbox in the summer.

[charby]

Just a sarcastic play on the hysteria over lead in Chinese goods that started up a few years ago.

Rog