It doesn't seem easy or free for students here in Rochester. I guess they can only get tests if they show symptoms. But health care workers can skip the quarantine if they are tested, which would be nice, because they will be in the hospital caring for patients. And we have no way to monitor it. It is kind of a shit show!
I have this weird consipiricacy theory that I actually had it in late February, because I was SO SICK,like the sickest I have ever been in my life, and kept waking up not being able to breathe, but I did not have the flu or pneumonia. But I think if that were true, other folks I work with would have gotten sick, certainly.
Some places are doing antibody tests when you donate blood.
And it's been 2.5 weeks since I donated, with no results, so time to call and nag them.
man with mask hanging from his ear so he can vape
So that guy's a douchebag but at least he's open about it.
I went through the Covid test drive-through today (getting the whole family tested before we go on vacation) and it was incredibly weird. The closest state-run test site to us is in the middle of Bear Mountain state park so visually it's this incredibly disconcerting mix of natural beauty and military medical tents. And you have to keep your windows rolled up until you get into the tent labeled "hot zone" where they do the actual swabs, so all communication is done by guys in fatigues holding up signs at you like you're in some kind of dystopic Arrival/Love Actually crossover.
Yikes! The place I went to here is a Rite Aid drug store where you drive through the Rx pickup lane. It is a DIY swab deal. Since I had previously had it done by the pros I was comfortable doing it that way.
I think it would be hard to do it right if you haven't had it done by a pro first.
I don't know, I've HAD it done by a pro, and I'd still be worried if I had to do it myself; either about not pushing far enough back and not getting a good swab or pushing TOO far back and damaging my sinus cavity.
I wasn't comfortable with the self-swab option, and the word about town is that state tests come back within 24 hours while the drugstore tests take up to a week. (Plus, free.)
The DIY method is a bit different that used by the pros, but not difficult. The most challenging part was the breaking the swab in half to fit it into the test tube. Spoiler font for the queasy
mostly they have you do it longer than the pro did it, as in rotating the swab for 15 seconds per nostril
before putting it into the test tube to return to the attendant.
That's wild, Jess.
I would not want to swab myself. It was uncomfortable and went on for too long when it was done for me, so I doubt I would do it as thoroughly as it's supposed to be done.
