March Covid: lockdown anniversary edition

[livinitup]

My family meets up for an annual trip in March. In 2020, it was the very first thing cancelled (in my life) - for reference, DD’s school went remote the following Monday.

Well, it’s 3 years later and we just met-up and had a great weekend together. While eating dinner, I realized that 3 years later, we are all vaccinated, all had Covid, and all recovered from it.

Quite a wild ride.

[rubytue]

So a caught this on NPR while I was driving around, Republicans passed something to end the Covid emergency sooner than May 11.

www.cnn.com/2023/03/29/politics/vote-to-end-covid-emergency-congress/index.html

Fuck.., do I restock tests now because coverage could end really soon? But, they tests will expire before the fall surge… ahhhhh!

[mpm]

Mar 31, 2023 14:03:52 GMT -5 rubytue said:

So a caught this on NPR while I was driving around, Republicans passed something to end the Covid emergency sooner than May 11.

www.cnn.com/2023/03/29/politics/vote-to-end-covid-emergency-congress/index.html

Fuck.., do I restock tests now because coverage could end really soon? But, they tests will expire before the fall surge… ahhhhh!

Not just republicans. 🤨

[rubytue]

Mar 31, 2023 14:05:36 GMT -5 mpm said:

Mar 31, 2023 14:03:52 GMT -5 rubytue said:

So a caught this on NPR while I was driving around, Republicans passed something to end the Covid emergency sooner than May 11.

www.cnn.com/2023/03/29/politics/vote-to-end-covid-emergency-congress/index.html

Fuck.., do I restock tests now because coverage could end really soon? But, they tests will expire before the fall surge… ahhhhh!

Not just republicans. 🤨

Fair. It couldn’t have passed the senate without some Dems. Apologies 

[timorousbeastie]

Mar 31, 2023 14:03:52 GMT -5 rubytue said:

So a caught this on NPR while I was driving around, Republicans passed something to end the Covid emergency sooner than May 11.

www.cnn.com/2023/03/29/politics/vote-to-end-covid-emergency-congress/index.html

Fuck.., do I restock tests now because coverage could end really soon? But, they tests will expire before the fall surge… ahhhhh!

I’d recommend going to a store/pharmacy to find tests with as late an expiration date as possible. I have a ton of tests that I got from my insurance directly that expire within a couple months of when they sent them (even with the updated FDA guidelines on when the tests expire). So this month, instead of ordering them through my insurance, I went to Walgreens and was able to get Binax tests that don’t expire until July 2024. The pharmacy was able to bill my insurance directly for them, so I didn’t have to pay upfront then wait to be reimbursed.