Please note. If you share a mailing address w/others, only one party will get the 4 Covid tests

[Grasswire2]

The others are shut out.

I live in a duplex. When I went to order, today, I was told that the address had already been used to order.

So there's a big problem with this system. Multiple people will be excluded.

I paid $50 for four tests, others will pay nothing.

[madaboutharry]

1. Some people in apartment buildings experiencing a problem.

It is an obvious goof up. They will need to get it fixed. Many people live in high rise buildings with hundreds of neighbors.

[MyOwnPeace]

2. I'd just heard...... (NO confirmation....)

that apartment buildings will 'count as 1' also.

Again, NO CONFIRMATION - could be RepubliQan rumor - and who would be surprised!!!!!!

[LoveMyCali]

8. I wasn't able to order them

because it said tests had already been sent to this address and I live in an apartment building. I put my apartment number in the field asking for apartment or suite but it doesn't care.

[inthewind21]

44. I didn't have a problem.

Unless I'm the only one who has ordered out of the 338 other units I share this address with.

[left-of-center2012]

3. As I posted earlier, I had no problem

I live in an 11-story building with 150 apartments.
Signed up without a glitch.

The fact that some can't is a problem.

[Grasswire2]

4. I just live in a duplex.

My 90 year old landlords evidently beat me to this today.

Crazy. It is a huge problem across the country, whether it's two units or hundreds at one address.

[left-of-center2012]

6. Guess I got lucky

Maybe I was the first in my building

[deRien]

5. regarding addresses

I had trouble ordering the test. My address came up with 13 similar addresses. Fortunately, my daughter figured out that I had to type in capitals. She copied and pasted our address from the list provided by the USPS and that worked. Couldn't put our unit number in the field they provided.

[FuzzyRabbit]

7. I used to share a mailbox with my landlord. We added "1/2" to the street address to alert

everyone that it was a duplex.

You might try adding "Apt 2" or something like that to your address. I am going to recommend that to my nephew who rents a separate apartment from his mother.

[FuzzyRabbit]

9. A bigger problem with this scheme to hand out covid tests:

People without internet cannot order these tests. For example, on many Indian reservations people cannot afford internet. So this population, already hit very hard by covid, will be at even more of a disadvantage.

[orleans]

11. "scheme?" but you're probably right about the lack of availability of the internet nt

[FuzzyRabbit]

15. I could have used a better word than scheme, I guess.

But on the TV news, an Indian rights activist said she was discouraged because so many in her community were left out.

[orleans]

20. i wonder if people can order the tests for a friend or neighbor or relative who is without

internet or doesn't have the ability to sign up online

[Meowmee]

38. Good question

I would think you should be able to by putting in their address.

[GoCubsGo]

41. Yes. A woman who was interviewed on ABC last night was doing just that.

She was ordering for her neighbors in her apartment complex who don't have Internet. That's where she discovered address glitch. She was eventually able to get their orders through. They're working on setting up a phone number for people without Internet, which I'm surprised they hadn't done in the first place.

[inthewind21]

45. Yes you can

I did it for my friend. Just used his address and name.

[herding cats]

13. Which is why they're working to add a phone number for tests.

Scheme? Really, why would you phrase it that way?

[FuzzyRabbit]

16. No disrespect intended. I wrote my comment in haste.

[herding cats]

19. We're fine. So, you saw on TV where an activist was mentioning this issue.

I'm curious if what you saw also mentioned the rollout of the telephone number for this specific demographic?

Im not being mean or a jerk, I'm honestly curious.

[BlackSkimmer]

21. Scheme is frequently used in the UK .

Just means a plan.

No idea why the poster used it, but there’s nothing nefarious about it.

[herding cats]

22. Cool.

What's your point?

Off the top of my head I can think of more than one of common terminology used there which we would be appalled by here.

It means something entirely different this side of the pond.

[BlackSkimmer]

23. Well, if you want to think something bad, have at it.

I was simply pointing out the poster may not have meant anything negative in using that word.

[herding cats]

26. Ok, fine.

I asked them a question and they clarified. I said we were fine. They and
I are in good standing. How am I thinking something bad?

What am I supposed to do, not ask questions for clarification?

I'm waiting to see if they heard on the TV segment they mention that it also stated the telephone number rollout. It was moments after the part they mentioned. I'm curious how people process what they hear and see.

There's nothing nefarious nor accusatory going on here. I'm just curious about how people receive information and then share it as they do with others.

[W_HAMILTON]

14. There is also a phone number and specific community outreach.

But your concern is duly noted.

[BlackSkimmer]

24. Anyone can get internet at a library.

Are there no libraries on or near reservations?

If not, that’s insane. Everyone should have access to a library.

[madville]

27. Or a phone with data and internet access

The majority of folks on a reservation probably have access to someone with at least a phone capable of getting on that website if they don’t have one themselves.

[Grasswire2]

46. people without mailing addresses, as well

the poor are now underserved again.

And they are perhaps the most likely to be exposed to the virus.

[Meowmee]

10. Another issue

Is they recommend 2 tests per person, not nearly enough, but they only allow 4 tests per address with no regard for how many people may be living there.

[herding cats]

17. Let's be honest here.

4 tests per household isn't enough per month. It's definitely better than zero, but it needs to be raised. Problem is, there's currently a shortage of tests. I feel as if there will be a raise in the number (while there's still an interest) shortly as supply ramps back up. Bear in mind, before they were disposing of millions of unwanted tests at a loss. All while selling them at cost to retailers.

Before, most didn't want them. They scoffed at the concept, said antigen tests gave false positives (not so, it's always been the opposite in a small percentage) and they avoided them.

I was basking in the availability of tests most all of last year... until this wave. Suddenly, everyone can't get enough. Which seems weird to me since delta was so horrific, also. Probably more so in how many it killed vs. the number infected.

Give it a moment for supply to catch up to this sudden surge in demand.

[Meowmee]

37. These thing all may be true

And certainly any free tests are better than none.But at this point in time we should not be having shortages of tests, this should have been planned for. I believe we are the only similar country taht does. The tests will always be somewhat problematic. There are always false pos/ neg results. Lets hope the supply situation gets better. You should be able to test for flu at home for free as well. It shouldn't be run as for profit.

[BlackSkimmer]

25. Family of 6 on my block.

Guess they’re out of luck.

[herding cats]

29. Ah, I see the angle here now.

This explains the oddity above.

[BlackSkimmer]

30. Wow, really itching for an argument, aren't you?

Go find someone else to pick on. I’m not interested.

[herding cats]

31. No, I'm not.

I just scrolled down after being confused above.

Good evening and peace and love to you. ❤️

[BlackSkimmer]

32. Yeah.

All the best. My my.

[herding cats]

33. I don't even know what that means?

I'm sorry. I'm not angry or upset or trying to be mean by some weird passive aggressive internet standards crap. I just couldn't understand your posts to me previously.

I'm just trying to be kind to you and be a decent person.

[Meowmee]

36. Yes but at least they can get 4 free tests.

[GoCubsGo]

42. Their insurance covers 8 free tests/month, if I understand things correctly.

[Grasswire2]

47. not everyone has insurance.

Honestly, we need to step outside our bubbles of comfort and look at this like DEMOCRATS should.

Who really needs these tests? People who can't afford them!!

And yet the distribution program seems designed to exclude precisely those people. Large families. The unhoused, sharing space as they can find it. And so on.

[GoCubsGo]

48. Yes, I know that.

I'm one of those people. Can't afford the $1000/mo. out of pocket, don't qualify for Medicaid, live in a state where it wasn't expanded.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

54. It's unconscionable, IMO.

[Meowmee]

56. Agree

[orleans]

12. that's a huge problem. nt

[herding cats]

18. It's brand new and buggy.

It'll be fixed. Watch and see.

[madville]

28. Be the first one to have some sent to your work address

I was thinking about that, no one else will probably use it anyway.

[USALiberal]

40. So cheating the process?? Brilliant!!

[Spider Jerusalem]

34. Why is it that other countries are managing to get free rapid tests to their citizens?

People in the UK get 7 free rapid tests a day; four for your entire household, ever, is...it's beyond pathetic, honestly.

[Meowmee]

39. Yes, had no idea they got that many

Because it is all for profit here and no one is planning properly. They should be free and easily accessible for everyone.

[GoCubsGo]

43. Maybe because it's easier to distribute to 67 million people occupying an area

roughly the size of Oregon, than it is to get them out to 340 million people in a place that's a hundred times larger, with remote places like Hawaii and Alaska?

[Spider Jerusalem]

50. Or maybe it's easier if you have a national health system instead of hundreds of private companies..

all looking to turn a profit?

[GoCubsGo]

51. Yep, there's that, too.

[Meowmee]

57. This

[WhiskeyGrinder]

55. Because our leaders put all their chips on vaccines, when we need masks and tests, too.

[KentuckyWoman]

35. Is there only 1 mailbox?

Usually the duplex will A or B , 1 or 2 to separate mail. Sorry, I am not doubting you. I just never heard of that.

Roommates do get a raw deal in this.

[Grasswire2]

49. one mailbox

Not unusual.

[LiberalFighter]

52. I lived in a duplex years ago. It had a different address than the other.

[LiberalFighter]

53. This is being done thru the Post Office. I would say it is their fault.

[SYFROYH]

58. Its stunning how badly they are running the free test kits.