Hey; for anyone from the U. S., would you know where to get any PCR tests?

I can't tell if they're just out, now, but every place I use eventually stops selling them.

Apparently, the https://www.thehealthhub.com/ sells some, still, but their checkout page seems like a mess and keeps throwing CORS errors; https://www.labcorp.com/ seems to, as well, though I can't seem to load the site on my Wi-Fi, for some bizarre reason (loads on the phone just fine when using data, though). Regardless, the tests seem backed by 23andMe which doesn't inspire great confidence but, also, 23andMe lists their PCR tests as out of stock on their own site (so I suspect LabCorp will eventually list these as out of stock someday, as well).

Anyway, may be a long shot but figured I'd ask.

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[–] 2 points 1 week ago (1 child)

You need special equipment to read a PCR test, unless something has changed. Do you have that? Otherwise for home testing, you're stuck with RAT tests, which are less sensitive but better than nothing.

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  • [–] [S] 5 points 1 week ago (1 child)

    Are people not as familiar with at-home PCR tests than I assumed? We've been using them (not remotely as early as we should've been but) for much of the time COVID's been around.

    You take a swab or saliva sample at home and then send the sample to a lab and that lab does the testing for you; there's no need, at all, to have any sort of equipment at your home, in any way.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 week ago

    Oh I see what you mean. Yes, the special equipment is at the lab in that case. The usual home tests are RAT. Yes it's possible to do the PCR swab at home, but I don't remember ever seeing the swab stuff for sale OTC. I suspect that you get it by prescription or your doctor or clinic gives it to you.

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