Seems like a deliberate attempt to manufacture consent for the purported end of the pandemic in front of millions of viewers on national TV. I know I’m just stating the obvious, but wouldn’t want to remind people about how thousands of people are still dying from COVID in the US in the most recent weeks or how 800,000 people have officially died from COVID under the Biden administration (which the Biden admin continually tries to attribute to the Trump admin when they’re both complicit).

I mean the overwhelming majority of people (including most leftists) already treat it as over, but ya know.

If you live in the US, the rapid tests are absurdly expensive–like sometimes $10 per test. Which also isn’t great because rapid tests have a not-insignificant false negative rate, and, well, sometimes you just get a shitty test that straight up doesn’t even work (i.e. the control line doesn’t even show up).

I recently used this site in the UK to purchase some FlowFlex tests: https://www.visionpharmacy.com/products/flowflex-antigen-rapid-covid-test-1-test-kit

I believe there’s a flat rate for worldwide shipping is £19.99, which is currently just under $26 USD. So larger purchases make more sense if you can swing it or split the cost of an order with someone else. So if you purchased like 50 tests, that would be like a little under $2.50 per test. Free shipping on orders over £50. I also used the discount code WELCOME10 to get an extra 10% off.

My recent order had an expiration date on the tests of October 2025, so, pretty good! But your mileage may vary.

As for why I suggest FlowFlex specifically, well, when the other two people in my household got COVID at the beginning of the year, on the very first day of both of them having symptoms, FlowFlex immediately showed a positive test for both of them. I’m pretty sure the quick detection was a big reason why I avoided getting infected myself (obviously the bigger reason was because of quarantining, but I digress).

My understanding is that FlowFlex is also one of the better rapid tests out there. An excerpt from their site:

The performance of the Flowflex COVID-19 Antigen Home Test was established in an all-comers clinical study conducted between March 2021 and May 2021 with 172 nasal swabs self-collected or pair-collected by another study participant from 108 individual symptomatic patients (within 7 days of onset) suspected of COVID-19 and 64 asymptomatic patients. All subjects were screened for the presence or absence of COVID-19 symptoms within two weeks of study enrollment. The Flowflex COVID-19 Antigen Home Test was compared to an FDA authorized molecular SARS-CoV-2 test. The Flowflex COVID-19 Antigen Home Test correctly identified 93% of positive specimens and 100% of negative specimens.

Obviously a few years old, so idk how well this holds up against the current dominant variants out there. I am unfortunately having trouble finding the original study, and I know anecdotes only count for so much, but yeah, these are the best rapid tests I’ve used so far.

Very cool that this is happening in big cities, too. Remember to for the Democrats to keep the fascist Republicans out of office! Pay no attention to the fascism already happening under the Democrats!

Also, I’m sure the recent overturning of the Chevron deference couldn’t possibly stifle efforts to fight any potential pandemics (say, H5N1) even further. :yea:

Jeez, that’s grotesque. Seems like the decision to hold an event extremely repugnant like that at a synagogue was also deliberate so then the Zionists could cry antisemitism at the inevitable protests, too.

Even though Ashish Jha doesn’t officially work for Biden anymore, you can tell his morally bankrupt ass is still angling for a position in a future admin cuz he’s still trying to be the admin’s mouthpiece for COVID minimization. Fucking hate that piece of shit and wish for horrible things to happen to him.

Please, just give me this one laugh.

On social media, I cannot believe the number of times I’ve seen self-proclaimed leftists bully/pathologize disabled people who are still taking caution and still talking about the harm of letting it rip. Like they think that disability is something that only happens to other people and chronic illness is made up. And they genuinely cannot understand why trying to make spaces safer for immunocompromised/disabled people makes it safer for all of us.

Real “fuck around and find out” hours.

If you check out the linktree for this Twitter account, they have a Google doc which contains various sites and groups for people who are still COVID-cautious and are a nice respite from all the ableist/COVID-minimizing bullshit.

https://twitter.com/covidisntover

I started being active in some of those communities at the end of last year and have made several online friends and now also know some people in my area.

I find it hard to believe that they couldn’t be aware at this point. It’s not like they need to be convinced that COVID is bad and that will get them to reverse course. They don’t care, they will always protect their own ass and don’t give a shit if poor people become disabled or die. They have access to all the testing, vaccines, upgraded ventilation, and therapeutics, while many working class people do not. There are a lot of examples scattered out there of people in the ruling class still taking precautions while having the nerve to tell us that COVID is over.