“Four free tests will be available for each household to request through the government’s COVIDTests.gov portal beginning on Monday, Sept. 25.”

  • radix@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Only time I got them, it took two weeks to arrive (making it useless to test if you think you had symptoms), and expired in a month (making it almost useless to keep on hand ‘just in case’).

    For the specific use case of going on a pre-planned trip and making sure you’re healthy just before leaving? Great. But that’s now how the program was presented to the end users.

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      1 year ago

      What? Ever since they were widely available and free, the idea is to keep a supply of them at the ready so you can test any time you’re feeling symptomatic.