AMAZING—The US government will relaunch a program to provide free #COVID19 home tests starting Monday September 25th, 2023. Officials say the tests are able to detect the latest variants. In other words, the US govt admits that #CovidIsNotOver.
The return of the free testing program comes after Americans navigated the latest uptick in covid cases with free testing no longer widely available. The largest insurance companies stopped reimbursing the costs of retail at-home testing once the requirement to do so ended with the public health emergency in May.
Experts say free #COVID testing proved to be an effective public health tool, allowing people to check their status before attending large gatherings or spending time with older or medically vulnerable people at risk of severe disease even after being vaccinated. It also enables people to start antiviral treatments in the early days of infection to prevent severe disease.
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It’s wild how many Americans are so used to being exploited that they see another worker with a good union contract and say “what makes you think you deserve that?”
Instead of “I should be getting that too.”
I don't know who needs to hear this but disabled people need to go to far more places than the doctor's office. We have the right to exist in all kinds of places.
I think most people I know don't know what it's like to be truly unwell. They know what it's like to feel tired. Maybe they had food poisoning once. But to wake up, day after day, exhausted, nauseous, feeling weak and hollow. People can't imagine it. 1/x
We should have created a permanent free N95 program. Both COVID & climate disproportionally impact marginalized communities, who often don't have access to the tools to protect themselves. It's utter mismanagement that a historic health crisis hasn't resulted in lasting programs.
Interesting chat with an MD today. Included such classics as
- "COVID is just a cold"
- "It's inevitable you'll get it"
- "Masking doesn't really work since people aren't fit-tested"
It's astounding to me how much "Medicine" is failing "Health" right now. 😥
Happy Pride Month! 🌈 reminder as we head into this wonderful month that the commercial visibility of Pride over the past few years has often excluded the voices of those most marginalized. 💗
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