Drive-Through Virus Testing So Popular They Had to Shut it Down

Bloomberg

Colorado’s new drive-through coronavirus-testing station in Denver made its debut Wednesday and was quickly overwhelmed. At one point Thursday, the line of cars with passengers waiting to be swabbed was almost four hours long, until the state cut off the service for the day.

Drive-through checks for Covid-19, with health workers in protective gear swabbing noses through car windows, was part of South Korea’s largely successful strategy for containing the virus: The country tested more than 200,000 in a matter of weeks, a stark contrast to the U.S., where testing has proceeded at a crawl.

The nation’s testing is “failing — let’s admit it,” National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Anthony Fauci told Congress Thursday.

This week, a handful of states are deploying their own drive-through operations. New York opened its first Friday in New Rochelle, the epicenter of its outbreak. New Hampshire set up an operation this week.

At the same time, hospitals and clinics in some states have begun offering free drive-through testing. The idea is to quickly grasp how many people are sick, and to keep the infected from transmitting the virus in waiting rooms.

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4 thoughts on “Drive-Through Virus Testing So Popular They Had to Shut it Down

  1. “The idea is to quickly grasp how many people are sick, and to keep the infected from transmitting the virus in waiting rooms.“

    Or to quickly grab their DNA.

  2. The sheep ate it up hook, line and sinker . Not surprising to me so many are brain dead and propagandize people will get suck in.

  3. Actually they had to shut it down because the chicken patties and french fries ran out.

    Don’t worry …. though
    It’ll be a menu option at Wendy’s drive thru next time….
    Instead of ordering a number #1 or having to take a #2….
    You be able to select the #19 Large…..with a sprite.

    You can’t miss it…… it’ll be on the bottom of the new drive thru menus.

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