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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsEarly this week we received our 4 free test kits. This morning I walked in the market and got 3....
...free N95 masks.

Mike Nelson
(10,943 posts)... he's done a nice job, despite the problem of too many anti-mask, anti-vax Trumpsters. I remember when Crooked Donald promised free tests for everyone - years ago, I think...
tblue37
(68,436 posts)yet, that doesn't mean they won't.
progree
(12,972 posts)sheshe2
(97,620 posts)I got them 10 days later.
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Aussie105
(7,920 posts)Just by walking into a local pharmacy. Didn't even have to ask for them.
I can get another 10 in one month's time. (Won't, don't need them.)
But then, I live in a different country.
Traildogbob
(13,017 posts)Had the N95. Cant find those here in red world WNC. Can anyone advise where they may be available?
George II
(67,782 posts)...Walgreens, too.
Traildogbob
(13,017 posts)Looked at our CVS website. All they show are for sell ones. Maybe I should go in person, not advertising to be overwhelmed maybe. Thanks
PaulnFortWorth
(69 posts)You have to go in the store to get them. I went today and they had cases of them. Cashier gave me three. I didn't have to pay anything or buy anything. I just thanked her and left. And didn't have to put my name down on anything!
I found out by calling the pharmacy directly and they informed me they were at the front. I would suggest calling first to verify they got them.
Good luck!
Traildogbob
(13,017 posts)I will go tomorrow. Thank you again.
electric_blue68
(26,856 posts)Lars39
(26,540 posts)soldierant
(9,354 posts)I have a stack I got free through the process of visiting my incarcerated apouse (in Colorado.) I'm alone in the house and virtually never go out, so I figure I can safelt reuse them once or twice for at least a few mitunes each.
Traildogbob
(13,017 posts)Been doubling surgicals. But they are getting worn. If I have to pay I will, but I thought Joe was going to make them universally available. Thank God he is trying. There should be plenty here in trumpville, these idiots will not give up their FreeDumb. Cheers.
Tanuki
(16,446 posts)storing them in a paper bag in between shifts. That amounts to about 24 hours of wear.
soldierant
(9,354 posts)XanaDUer2
(15,772 posts)And cvs had the masks. Yes, ty Biden
MiniMe
(21,883 posts)Thank you President Biden
BlueIdaho
(13,582 posts)Got our masks from Albertsons pharmacy here in Idaho so I suspect Safeway and Kroger also have them. Got our tests in the mail about a week or so ago.
Thank You Mr. President!
nvme
(872 posts)AllyCat
(18,840 posts)Runningdawg
(4,664 posts)Cha
(319,067 posts)for Sharing that good news!
greenjar_01
(6,477 posts)Omicron has wiped out tens of thousands.
They should have had test kits and N95s revved up going into the winter. This was a fuck up of historic proportions. Hopefully, they do better with the next variant. Posting agitprop as the graveyards fill up is not really a good look.
BlackSkimmer
(51,308 posts)Mask restrictions being lifted everywhere now.
cadoman
(1,617 posts)These will be worth their weight in gold again soon. Bill Gates already announced there will be more variants incoming.
Think of it this way: this equipment isn't arriving late for the last phase of the pandemic--it's EARLY for the next phase. President Biden is playing 5D chess while we're looking at the board like it's checkers.
STOCK UP
MASK UP
VAX UP
I'm not letting my guard down for one second. Not one fucking second.
BlackSkimmer
(51,308 posts)But I think he and the CDC were slow off the mark.
He inherited a mess, so its understandable in some respects.
Ace Rothstein
(3,373 posts)The testing disaster in late Dec/early Jan was something they clearly weren't prepared for. I'll fully agree with that. Regarding the masks, it may have saved some but most of those dying won't wear a cloth mask let alone a N95.
KentuckyWoman
(7,400 posts)Made in China.
Kaleva
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cadoman
(1,617 posts)If we had followed their lead we wouldn't be in this mess. Strict mask, distancing, and vaccine mandates in adherence to science. Anyone talking bullshit against the science gets locked up.
China under this policy hasn't even broken 10k deaths, and is well under a million cases.
https://covid19.who.int/region/wpro/country/cn
That is a country that clearly values the safety of its people, and is what we should be striving to emulate.
AllyCat
(18,840 posts)dwayneb
(1,107 posts)We received our kits but it was in the 20's outside, and they were in the box for several hours.
This has the potential to make the results invalid, they are supposed to be stored above freezing.
https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/verify/are-covid-kits-left-in-the-cold-okay-to-use/65-e249d2e3-5030-4ee7-8bfb-76ee7f8a4deb
George II
(67,782 posts)I_UndergroundPanther
(13,369 posts)mcar
(46,055 posts)Thank you Mr. President.