Eric
Mama's lil stinker
Just breaking, sounds like they're make them available at a cost of $600 million. Should be available next week covidtest.gov
TBH, I never liked the tests I received from the government as much as Abbott's BinaxNOW, which I find easier to use. It's important to note that while current antigen tests can detect circulating SARS CoV-2 strains, they're probably somewhat less sensitive to these variants, so repeat testing is advisable to ensure that the number of viral copies has risen high enough to register.Just breaking, sounds like they're make them available at a cost of $600 million. Should be available next week covidtest.gov
Not sure which tests they will be sending, I know that Kaiser offers them from different vendors depending on availability and wonder if the Government will do the same.TBH, I never liked the tests I received from the government as much as Abbott's BinaxNOW, which I find easier to use. It's important to note that while current antigen tests can detect circulating SARS CoV-2 strains, they're probably somewhat less sensitive to these variants, so repeat testing is advisable to ensure that the number of viral copies has risen high enough to register.
I agree. Sadly, though, many people will consider it a waste of money because "COVID is over."Not sure which tests they will be sending, I know that Kaiser offers them from different vendors depending on availability and wonder if the Government will do the same.
BTW I applaud this move, it's a sensible thing to do for the American people and knowledge is power when it comes to this.
Here's a link
U.S. Will Resume Offering Free At-Home Covid Tests
The Biden administration is restarting a program that has provided hundreds of millions of free tests through the Postal Service.www.nytimes.com
I’m sure my stash of tests are all expired, so I will be ordering more.
Right, I was able to use one that was expired as well. Here is a complete list you can reference.If you haven’t double checked already, I recommend taking a look at the MFG website to see if any of your tests have had their expiration date expired. If you look at tests that use similar technology that are more established, they often last multiple years on the self. The novelty of the COVID tests prevented long term stability testing thus the early tests only had a shelf life of 3 months (but were extended many times over).
Provided the packaging is in tact and they were not stored in extreme temps, the more likely issue is that newer COVID variants like omicron are not detected as well as earlier variations.
It would be nice to see the tests get updated to meet the current environment… but perhaps the incentive is not yet present for that to happen.
Good to know. We’ll be getting ours this coming week as well.Just got my “2023-2024” covid shot. Went smoothly at CVS.
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