Where to Find At Home Covid Test Kits for Sale on the Internet at Reasonable Prices?

[sgt1372]

My remark was a reference to the lack of coverage this pandemic is getting now from the media . . .

The C19 pandemic is still getting VERY WIDE coverage.

It may not be "front page" news right due to the invasion of Ukraine and now that people are trying to put it behind them, but It's there if you still care to look for it. See, for example, Google Search - Keyword "Covid-19"

BTW, I just put you on my IGNORE list. So, say what you will. I won't see/hear it and you can do the same to me if you don't want to see/hear me "vent."

 

[King of the Cheese]

The C19 pandemic is still getting VERY WIDE coverage.

It may not be "front page" news right due to the invasion of Ukraine and now that people are trying to put it behind them, but It's there if you still care to look for it. See, for example, Google Search - Keyword "Covid-19"

It absolutely isn’t getting the level of consideration it was before, not with all the lifting of mandates. There is a serious and noticeable decline in the level of importance this pandemic is receiving.. and nothing objectively related to the pandemic itself has changed.

We can agree to disagree so as not to get too far astray here.

 

[3D Anvil]

It absolutely isn’t getting the level of consideration it was before, not with all the lifting of mandates. There is a serious and noticeable decline in the level of importance this pandemic is receiving.. and nothing objectively related to the pandemic itself has changed.

We can agree to disagree so as not to get too far astray here.

I think the reason it's getting less attention -- in addition to being pushed off the front page by Ukraine -- is the rapid decline of new cases due to the collapse of the Omicron wave (at least in the US). Which also explains the easing of restrictions.

 

[The Amazing Virginian]

Back on topic . . .

the covidtests.gov website is about as clear as mud. I understand that you can now order a second set of test kits, but the site gives conflicting info on that.

And the homepage says:

Starting this week, every home in the U.S. will be able to order an additional set of 4 tests.

And then when you click on the order button:

• Starting this week, limit of #2 orders per residential address

BUT, on the same page . . .

Starting this week, U.S. households will be able to place a total of #2 separate orders for free, at-home COVID-19 rapid tests (#4 tests per order). If an order was previously placed for your address, please check back later to place a second order.

And after I placed my order, the email I received said:

Note:

USPS will only send one set of 4 free tests to valid residential addresses. We are unable to process duplicate orders for the same address.

So maybe you "will be able to" place a second order "starting this week" , , , but not starting today???

I didn't really comprehend this until after I had already placed a second order. So maybe I screwed up. That would be what I deserve anyway for believing NBCNews.com which says:

"People in the United States can now order four more free, at-home rapid Covid-19 antigen tests from COVIDtests.gov as part of the Biden administration's effort to increase coronavirus testing." Now. Not "starting this week."

But who knows? I guess I'll know by the end of April.

 

[sgt1372]

the covidtests.gov website is about as clear as mud. I understand that you can now order a second set of test kits, but the site gives conflicting info on that.

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But who knows? I guess I'll know by the end of April.

I agree that the text you have refererenced is confusing.

I just went with the 2nd sentence in the following text in the opening page of the website which reads:

Every home in the U.S. is eligible to order #4 free at-⁠home COVID-⁠19 tests. If you haven’t already, order yours today.
Starting this week, every home in the U.S. will be able to order an additional set of 4 tests.

The conflicting language in the order confirmation is essentially the same as that in 1st order confirmation that I received but it does not take into account the new policy which allows "every home in the US . . . to order an "additional set of 4 tests."

So, there must be some way for the PO to determine how many sets have been sent to a specific address and to only disallow an order if more than 2 have been ordered at that address.

At least that's how it "should" work and, as you say, we'll just have to wait and see what actually happens.

 

[Triton]

I suspect that this is rapidly becoming not a thing. I heard on the radio yesterday that large stocks of vaccine are rapidly aging out unused because they are not really necessary any longer. Mask mandates are rapidly being dropped even in super sensitive areas of the country etc. It appears that we continue to move along a timeline similar to post 1918 flu pandemic America. Covid will likely never be eradicated and some people will likely die from it every year but it will no longer be a central part of life, the news cycle or public policy.

 

[The Amazing Virginian]

I suspect that this is rapidly becoming not a thing. I heard on the radio yesterday that large stocks of vaccine are rapidly aging out unused because they are not really necessary any longer. Mask mandates are rapidly being dropped even in super sensitive areas of the country etc. It appears that we continue to move along a timeline similar to post 1918 flu pandemic America. Covid will likely never be eradicated and some people will likely die from it every year but it will no longer be a central part of life, the news cycle or public policy.

I am not sure what you mean by "sensitive areas" but FTR tests, positives, positivity rate, deaths, etc, were all actually a LOT lower last July than they are now. For example, the seven day moving average for COVID deaths in the US last July 4 was 37. Today it's 1686 - about 615,000 deaths a year. A lot more than we have ever seen from the flu, for example, which peaked at 52,000 a few years ago. That's a lot of deaths, IMO. YMMV.

 

[Triton]

I am not sure what you mean by "sensitive areas" but FTR tests, positives, positivity rate, deaths, etc, were all actually a LOT lower last July than they are now. For example, the seven day moving average for COVID deaths in the US last July 4 was 37. Today it's 1686 - about 615,000 deaths a year. A lot more than we have ever seen from the flu, for example, which peaked at 52,000 a few years ago. That's a lot of deaths, IMO. YMMV.

That was before we got our fun variants. Month over month positivity rates are again dropping. This one is never really going to be over but most people and the nation are done cowering in terror over it. We are all going to need to move on and the country seems to be doing so.

 

[sgt1372]

Already got a tracking # for a 2nd set of test kits. ETA Mon 3/14.

 

[The Amazing Virginian]

Back on topic . . .

the covidtests.gov website is about as clear as mud. I understand that you can now order a second set of test kits, but the site gives conflicting info on that.

And the homepage says:

Starting this week, every home in the U.S. will be able to order an additional set of 4 tests.

And then when you click on the order button:

• Starting this week, limit of #2 orders per residential address

BUT, on the same page . . .

Starting this week, U.S. households will be able to place a total of #2 separate orders for free, at-home COVID-19 rapid tests (#4 tests per order). If an order was previously placed for your address, please check back later to place a second order.

And after I placed my order, the email I received said:

Note:

USPS will only send one set of 4 free tests to valid residential addresses. We are unable to process duplicate orders for the same address.

So maybe you "will be able to" place a second order "starting this week" , , , but not starting today???

I didn't really comprehend this until after I had already placed a second order. So maybe I screwed up. That would be what I deserve anyway for believing NBCNews.com which says:

"People in the United States can now order four more free, at-home rapid Covid-19 antigen tests from COVIDtests.gov as part of the Biden administration's effort to increase coronavirus testing." Now. Not "starting this week."

But who knows? I guess I'll know by the end of April.

Actually, I know today because I received four more free COVID test kits today. These are from iHealth and made in . . . China.

 

[sgt1372]

Actually, I know today because I received four more free COVID test kits today. These are from iHealth and made in . . . China.

Received my 2nd set of kits the other day. Like knives, made in China for a US company. Expiration date for all of the kits is in July.