D.C. announces the opening of 8 new Covid-19 Testing Centers

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's great that they are trying to make them accessible, but if it continues to take 3 to 5 days to get results, the tests are worthless, especially with Omicron.

What they really need to fix is the testing turnaround times.

If they opened 8 new testing centers with free rapid PCRs and results onsite, then we would actually make some progress.

Which is why they are handing out 4 free antigen tests per a day to every resident. You take a antigen get a positive and isolate while your PCR is processing.

Are they checking IDs or do they just assume you are a resident?

For the free antigen tests, yes.

For the PCRs, you need to fill out a form online to get the results, which I believe requires you to be a DC resident.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's great that they are trying to make them accessible, but if it continues to take 3 to 5 days to get results, the tests are worthless, especially with Omicron.

What they really need to fix is the testing turnaround times.

If they opened 8 new testing centers with free rapid PCRs and results onsite, then we would actually make some progress.

Which is why they are handing out 4 free antigen tests per a day to every resident. You take a antigen get a positive and isolate while your PCR is processing.

Are they checking IDs or do they just assume you are a resident?

For the free antigen tests, yes. - TRUE

For the PCRs, you need to fill out a form online to get the results, which I believe requires you to be a DC resident.

For the free antigen tests, yes. - TRUE

For the PCRs, you need to fill out a form online to get the results, which I believe requires you to be a DC resident. - FALSE

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's great that they are trying to make them accessible, but if it continues to take 3 to 5 days to get results, the tests are worthless, especially with Omicron.

What they really need to fix is the testing turnaround times.

If they opened 8 new testing centers with free rapid PCRs and results onsite, then we would actually make some progress.

Which is why they are handing out 4 free antigen tests per a day to every resident. You take a antigen get a positive and isolate while your PCR is processing.

Are they checking IDs or do they just assume you are a resident?

For the free antigen tests, yes. - TRUE

For the PCRs, you need to fill out a form online to get the results, which I believe requires you to be a DC resident.

For the free antigen tests, yes. - TRUE

For the PCRs, you need to fill out a form online to get the results, which I believe requires you to be a DC resident. - FALSE

Excellent news then!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's great that they are trying to make them accessible, but if it continues to take 3 to 5 days to get results, the tests are worthless, especially with Omicron.

What they really need to fix is the testing turnaround times.

If they opened 8 new testing centers with free rapid PCRs and results onsite, then we would actually make some progress.

I've been getting the take home PCR tests from rec centers. The longest it has taken to get the results back is 36 hours.