COVID test recall issued by #Philadelphia Department of Public Health. They are a particular lot of Flowflex tests.

"If the lot number [on the box] reads 'COV2110012,' officials say to throw the tests away and pick up replacements."

https://6abc.com/covid19-at-home-tests-recall-alert-philadelphia-public-health/13759837/

#COVID #COVID #CovidTests

I love my family - but I simply cannot trust them with my well being if they won't do something as simple as putting on a mask in public.

My mom is coming in 2 weeks. My family bought her a plane ticket as a surprise for her birthday. She's staying in a hotel, and I'm planning lots of outdoor activities. I am excited to see her but I don't know how to have the covid conversation with her when she won't take it seriously.

I want to ask her to do some #covidtests (3 rapids spaced 24 hrs apart) before she leaves and when she arrives. I want to ask her to test again when she lands. I want to send her high quality masks and request she wears them on the plane.

But I'm afraid it will lead to conflict.

I'm of course still going to - and I'm hoping my sister can help with the rapid tests. I'm crossing my fingers that me covering the cost of this all will encourage her.

Even if she agrees though, I have no reason to believe she will mask properly on the plane.

Of course this is why I will be #masking indoors when I'm with her and requesting she do the same.

It is just wild how much this has changed our relationship.

Anyone have a favorite online source of covid tests that isn't the Big Bezos Bonanza?

#covid #CovidTests

READ - FDA Issues Emergency Warning for 500,000 COVID Tests

🦠 READ LINK 🦠
https://www.theepochtimes.com/fda-issues-emergency-warning-on-500000-covid-tests_5245940.html

May 2023

🔎 LEARN, READ, WATCH MORE 🔍

■ https://germs.truthparadigm.tv

■ https://germs.truthparadigm.news

#Recalls #FDA #Covid #CovidTests #Truth

Well... We did it. We pulled the trigger on a Cue Health Covid tester and a pack of tests. Clinics in our insurance are only testing symptomatic cases. Free testing other places has gone away, and the NAAT testing at the local pharmacies is booked solid and more expensive, honestly. It is not going to be the cheapest thing in the world, but there is some peace of mind knowing that if we're exposed, we can get PCR quality testing at home with a 20 minute return time. And in the case of our local pharmacy at the Safeway, they're already wanting to sell proctored Cue tests anyways for more than we'll be paying for them. So why not go to the source. The thing that makes me grumpy is that if we as a nation really cared, the price of this stuff would be peanuts and it would be accessible to everybody. But nobody fucking gives a damn. Covid's over, dontchaknow. Assholes.

#Covid #CovidIsNotOver #CovidTests

Covid Update:
If you are an At Risk individual like myself (fibromyalgia, asthma, immunocompromised, and other At Risk qualifiers) the second bivalent Booster is now available at most pharmacies. I signed up for mine last night at Walgreens and got my shot this morning.

ALSO Reminder that take home covid tests are no longer covered by most insurances after May 11th, so stock up on your thirty day allotment pronto before they are all gone from shelves!

#covid #atrisk #covidtests #vaccine

Just a reminder for those that can, today may be the last day you can get your free COVID tests at https://www.sayyescovidhometest.org/

#CovidIsNotOver #CovidTests #FreeCovidTests

Wisconsin ends free in person Covid testing https://wisconsinwatch.org/2023/04/state-of-wisconsin-ends-free-in-person-covid-19-testing/ #covid #COVID19 #CovidTesting #covidtests #Wisconsin #freecovidtests

OK folks.

If you have health insurance, you are entitled to EIGHT (8) covid tests before May 11, 2023 FOR FREE, if you haven't already received them in April. (You were allowed 8 per month)

Contact your pharmacy and put in your order now, otherwise you will have to pay for them after May 11.They fill it like a prescription.

Our tax $$$ paid for this stuff.
Get it.

#Covid #Covid19 #Testing #CovidTests #EUA #EmergencyUseAuthorization #EUAExpiring #May11 #CDC #FDA #Tests #CovidTest #Pharmacy

Dear friends and colleagues - #CovidTests are no longer covered by insurance starting May 11th.
If you normally stock up each month at your pharmacy, note the date! Also if you have tests at home that are '#expired', check the chart at this link first as many brands have #extended exp dates! https://www.fda.gov/medical-devices/coronavirus-covid-19-and-medical-devices/home-otc-covid-19-diagnostic-tests#list

Regarding free home tests no longer an option, here are the full details of changes coming this May in regards to what is covered/provided and what is not https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2023/02/09/fact-sheet-covid-19-public-health-emergency-transition-roadmap.html

US medical process question: How do we acquire the free monthly #CovidTests that are supposed to be provided by insurance companies?

No one in my home qualified until last night, so I don't know who in the company to contact to ask.

Thanks US government for your free COVID test program that will send you 4 tests for your household regardless of size twice a year. NOW, with the added bonus of receiving tests that expired FIVE MONTHS AGO.

#covidtests
#usgovernment

1/11/23 NBC news: Some newly mailed Covid tests from the government expire soon — even with extensions https://buff.ly/3vWFRAm

The FDA extended the shelf life of iHealth Covid tests by six months this summer, but many kits still expire in February, and some have already.

To find out when a Covid test really expires — factoring in the extension period — people can look up the manufacturer and test name on the FDA website.

#COVID #COVIDtests #HomeTest

Covid rapid antigen tests can better detect Omicron if you swab your mouth in addition to your nose: cheeks/gums & the arch in back. (Articles from Feb 2022.)

https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/rapid-tests-less-sensitive-to-omicron-variant-but-ontario-science-table-says-new-swab-method-can-help-1.5776011
https://covid19-sciencetable.ca/sciencebrief/use-of-rapid-antigen-tests-during-the-omicron-wave/

#Covid #CovidTests #Omicron

How accurate are the current rapid #covidtests ? I’ve noticed a trend in my area: entire families get sick around the same time, all have the same symptoms, all take the same tests—but yet only one of them will get a positive result. This leaves me wondering if my negative result is really a negative.

Biased policy rules
Stoking anti-Asian hate
With no science basis

#racism #asianhatred #covidtests #haiku #poetry

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/05/opinion/covid-testing-rules-china-usa.html

My free covid tests arrived. Expiration date, next month, was briefly annoying. Reminder: Check for an extension & relabel them.

https://www.fda.gov/medical-devices/coronavirus-covid-19-and-medical-devices/home-otc-covid-19-diagnostic-tests

#CovidTests #Covid #SarsCoV2

If your at-home COVID tests have expired, check here to see whether their dayes have been extended:

https://www.fda.gov/medical-devices/coronavirus-covid-19-and-medical-devices/home-otc-covid-19-diagnostic-tests
#SelfTest #COVIDTests

Popping back in to say that a friend in healthcare helped us think about it: false negatives happen with PCRs but a positive is a positive, like a pregnancy test. So the positive is the truth, and we should proceed accordingly. #covidTests #publicHealth

Two PCR COVID tests taken 60 minutes apart: 1st at CVS, negative, 2nd at hospital-based urgent care, positive. We get the positive result, start quarantining, get all 4 family members tested at CVS, get negative results, and THEN get the original negative result from the 1st test. Is it a false negative? Is CVS PCR unreliable? Is it user error? We’re all feeling a little defeated by public health. #covidTests #covid #publicHealth