Posted on 03/24/2020 2:42:06 PM PDT by Zenyatta
As American health officials scramble to test citizens displaying symptoms amid the coronavirus pandemic, one faction of Americans has had more access to the coronavirus tests than the rest: celebrities.
The story: Vice Magazine recently reached out to a number of celebrities who have been tested for COVID-19 to ask how they were able to get their hands on the sparse tests: “For the most part, it’s a mystery,” Vice explains.
(Excerpt) Read more at lacortenews.com ...
What a crappy web site. It imposed the pictures on top of the text as I scrolled down... I had to read by constantly moving from one line to the next, like in a text box.
Anyway, for everyone else, so you don’t have to go to the site and experience that, there is no reason given why celebrities get the test. They just shrug and say they did.
Completely oblivious to their elitism.
Some pigs are more equal than others.
The same way they get into universities with ease.
$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
Site works fine for me with ad blocker on and off.
93% of those who show up for testing who think they have the Corona virus don’t. Now we can all fall under this hypochondriac syndrome-it just shows the power of advertising or media-repeat something enough and perception becomes reality.
Now there is a home testing kit available for these mentally ill hypochondriacs:
At-home coronavirus tests now available, companies say (Fox News)
As coronavirus testing in the U.S. continues to lag behind that in other highly affected countries such as South Korea, several domestic startups are reportedly launching the first at-home tests.
The products have been greenlit by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration under new expedited guidelines to help combat the virus, according to Stat, a health care industry news outlet.
One such test provider is Nurx, a San Francisco-based company best known for home testing products for sexually transmitted infections and birth control, now offers testing kits for COVID-19 through the mail for $181 after prospective customers fill out an online form with their symptoms.
“We don’t look for the severity of symptoms, only the presence of them. They can range from mild to severe,” Nurx spokeswoman Allison Hoffman told SFGate.com. “But, people with truly severe symptoms should also seek immediate care. … In terms of temperature in particular, we determine a fever is 100.4 [degrees] plus.”
After filling out the online survey, Nurx will determine if testing is necessary based on the person’s symptoms and will mail the test via expedited shipping.
Nurx can give customers lab results within 48 hours of receiving the test, SFGate reported.
“We are pivoting from our prior service lines to make this available,” Chris Hall, senior clinical adviser for Nurx, told Stat. “It’s a heavy lift, but we think it’s important.”
nurx@nurxapp
Today we are introducing the first #COVID19 home testing and online consultation service. We’re eager to safely connect people with certain symptoms and risk factors with testing and medical care.
COVID-19 At Home Test Kit - Nurx ™
Nurx and its longstanding home testing lab partner, Molecular Testing Labs, are launching telehealth consultations and home testing for people who may have been exposed to COVID-19.
yep!
“If you got the money to pay I give you a plate of beans”
I hate Hollywood almost as much as I hate academia. We should strive to replace them all with real people, and be rid of the wax dummies they’ve become.
COVID celebrities poing.
Because they are more important than you.
That’s easy. Because celebs are so much better than us.
Vice Magazine recently reached out to a number of celebrities who have been tested for COVID-19 to ask how they were able to get their hands on the sparse tests: “For the most part, it’s a mystery,” Vice explains.
If corruption is a mystery, yeah. How did celebs get their kids into the desired schools?
Original source is Vice
https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/939mve/how-are-celebrities-getting-tested-for-covid-19
Summary; They asked the rich and famous how they were able to get tested. Pretty much all of them had the same response. No Comment.
There’s your idols America.
$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
They thank you for watching
Unlike some infections which are hard to get, and therefore it is worth testing yourself to see if you have them, there is really no point in testing yourself to see if you have been exposed to a virus that you could be exposed to an hour later.
There are plenty of circumstances where testing makes sense, like at entry to hospitals, at quarantine boundaries, and as a way to do surveillance or infection tracking.
Celebrities getting COVID-19 tests are just doing another form of virtue signalling.
Lots of international travel, exposure to other sick people, ...
Dumb question from reporter. The rich people have money they can buy their own test...
How do we know the leftist sh*tbags actually caught the virus? Who tested them and gave the diagnosis?
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.