re: Walgreens Covid Testing is a Joke

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Wife got a test at Walgreen’s last week

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They gave her a swab and said insert it a half inch

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Well at least she's had plenty of practice with that

Going to a place that takes 45 minutes to fill scripts from understaffing sounds like a great place to get a covid test

Don’t get tested with no symptoms, then you wouldn’t waste maxed out healthcare system time. I’ve had less than 10 patients over the past year + with no symptoms out of thousands of tests. I’m still recovering, day 16 or so since +. You will feel like shite trust me

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I'm not experiencing any symptoms, but I thought I'd get tested

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So dumb.

Did you do the rectal swab?

That one is kinda shitty but way more accurate.

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We bitch when the lower intellects leech off the government, and we also bitch when they get jobs and we have to deal with them.

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I think the clear answer is for these people not to have jobs, but also not to have money. There's a certain symmetry to it that makes sense.

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I'm not experiencing any symptoms, but I thought I'd get tested so that I can isolate if the test comes back positive.

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So you signed up to be tested but weren’t.

Congrats on you being positive fo the Rona.

You made a false statement, there have been numerous studies indicating asymptomatic carriers of COVID 19 are just as infectious as symptomatic individuals with COVID 19. You should do your research

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Just find an urgent care location that offers the rapid test and go there. You'll have results in 15 minutes, which is enough time for your eyes to stop involuntarily crying after having your brain tickled.

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Agreed...

I did the same when I came in close contact with someone that tested positive.

The only thing is the rapid test is considered only about 80 percent reliable.

But it is better knowing now, than waiting for the 2 or 3 days for the lab to pick up your test kit and test it there.

With the holidays past us, there should be a steady decline of positive cases. With other events like Mardi Gras postponed or cancelled, there should be less community spread of COVID.

Like everyone says, COVID deaths among younger people under age 60 are possible, but not widespread.

I think media has driven people's fears of the virus to make it worse than actually catching it. You have people who catch it or test positive for it and they believe that it is a death sentence.

From what I have seen and heard, 90% of the population that catch it, it is an inconvenience to them because they can't work even though they feel well.

The other 5% may fall ill to stay home for work for a few days. The other 4% may need hospitalization and the other 1% is where your deadly cases are.

I would like to see some medical studies that show any correlation to a certain genetic disposition that makes some people more prone to certain strains of the virus. I would like to also see studies on the different strains of COVID that have evolved since the start of the pandemic and if any mutations have weakened or enhanced the virus. Also, I would like to see rapid testing to see which strain of the virus that people have to get a better understanding of the virus.

Theoretically, we are one year into this pandemic and while we have a vaccine and numerous ways to treat the most severe cases, there is still much not known about this virus.