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get this dealAs part of an enhanced testing strategy, the province of Ontario is launching a blitz of free take-home rapid antigen COVID-19 tests. Most sites will have free take-home tests, and some will offer free testing on-site.
The ontario.ca webpage stresses that these pop-up locations are meant for people without symptoms of COVID-19 and people who have not had recent exposure to someone with COVID-19. These pop-up locations are not meant for those currently experiencing COVID-19 symptoms. These tests are meant for asymptomatic people to use an additional screening tool. Please do not visit these pop-centres if you have symptoms of COVID-19 or have been exposed to a person with COVID-19.
A full list of pop-up locations is here. It includes Scarborough Town Centre (Friday, December 19), Yorkdale Mall (Saturday, December 18), Upper Canada Mall (Sunday, December 19) and more.
If you're not able to make it to one of these locations, you can purchase tests online. The current best price we were able to find is $49.95 for a five-pack at Canadian Shield. If you're symptomatic or have experienced an exposure, you can find a free testing location in Ontario here.
Residents of other provinces can book free tests online at these sites:
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Just got home from Markville mall, where the line went around the top of the mall then dow stairs and back out of the door to people lining up in the car park,
I had a friend who went to Fairview Mall this morning just to check out the line and ppl near the front said they were there at 4AM [for a 9AM start time]. They should give a "number" so ppl know if they're going to get a kit or not but the problem is one person in line might actually be 5 ppl in line.
Cutting and line etiquette:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Ap3JWsZSeo
Page seems to work. I have not ventured out for any testing kits lines-cannot manage the long waits now.
Last night, the news stations indicated school kids (ON elementary and secondary) can get kits at schools plus symptomatic education staff at schools can also get them (just not everyone).
GOVaxx bus visits require registration before event day (one day ahead on Ontario testing portal).
If your workplace is eligible for free testing kits through local bia/pharmacy, remember that some pharmacies in ON reported their kit stock has Jan/Feb 2022 expiry dates. Just have the discussions at work this week and see if kits shake loose/mgmt moves on the issue.
St. Jacob's Market
878 Weber Street North, Waterloo Pick up Rapid Antigen Screening
Monday January 10, 2022, Tuesday January 11, 2022, Wednesday January 12, 2022 10:00 a.m.
University of Guelph (University Centre)
50 Stone Road East, Guelph Pick up Rapid Antigen Screening
They'll be done in 15 min tops IMO.
To be clear, that means for every 100 positives, around 5 will be false positives.
That's why it's important to follow up with either a second rapid test (a day later is what I hear is commonly recommended), or get a PCR test (impossible for many of us right now).
When dealing with statistical things like this, there are no absolutes.
(Lazaridis School of Business & Economics) 64 University Ave W., Waterloo Pick up Rapid Antigen Screening
They are not very reliable and accurate for negative indications, due to variations in the person's ability to self obtain a sample, and due to the test being only sensitive to a minimum amount of virus.
I don’t understand what vaccines have to do with resellers.
I have no objection to these companies making a profit off of their incredible innovation in this critical space, especially when price really has nothing to do with access in developed countries (again, developing countries is a different story…). Nobody in Canada does not have access to vaccines because of cost. If anything, if we had paid a higher premium on the vaccines we might’ve been able to have superior access throughout the pandemic.
Of all the different industries in this country in terms of competitiveness and all of the different ways in which consumers are hurt, PFE, BNTX, and MRNA making $20 or $30 profit each time someone takes a life saving vaccine that is allowing us to reopen our economy and basically save civilization just isn’t morally objectionable to me…
My point is companies are making far far more profits (below is link to google profits made on vaccines and boosters) and yet they don't try and put rules on how much they can make, but they want to find resellers?
https://www.google.com/search?q=pfizer+ ... s-wiz-serp
Not sure how much we're paying for each shot but maybe they should put a law on Pfizer, Moderna, Astrazeca or any company for that matter who is making "excessive" profits [whatever that is].
Majority of society is in a deep psychosis and current relaity is surreal...
The statement had the effect of scaring most of the scalpers, and getting a positive media byte for the government. That's all it was every meant to do.
At least govt is awakening to act on this (of the 100's of things.. where they should been to build a better society and promising environment for future)
Glad that Ontario gov't woke up to the situation with kits being resold. There are people who need those kits but missed out or were not in the geographic areas where kits were handed out.
I still don't recommend people use these tests for that purpose, but there's a little hope there that if they do, it might work better than it would have with Delta.
Also, hoarding. Plenty of dicks willing to take advantage of people for a few bucks.
Unfortunately that belief is very wrong, and shows a complete misunderstanding of what these tests are for.
These tests are VERY reliable tests for a POSITIVE case, i.e. if it shows positive you're almost certainly (97-87%) sure you have COVID.
A negative result OTOH is kinda worthless. Since these tests don't amplify the virus material, they are unable to detect early infection. In addition because these are self administered it's very likely the person doesn't do it right, resulting in a false negative.
This is a 'won't someone PLEASE think of the children' sort of situation. The people keep demanding the government do SOMETHING, so the government throws these kits out the window claiming they've done SOMETHING.
And, of course, there's the element of 'free, free, free' mentality, where people want something BECAUSE it's free, not because they have an actual use for them.
And then, lowest scum, there are the scalpers who collect a whole bunch of these things and then sell them for crazy inflated prices.
A massive clusterf**k, paid for with your tax dollars.
Unless you think you have it, why are people flocking to get these tests - is it just hoarding?
https://twitter.com/MetrolinxSpox/statu ... DSHBg&s=19
https://toronto.citynews.ca/2021/12/21/ ... test-kits/
Idiots are trying to profit, damn scalpers!