Why You Can't Find Cheap At-Home Covid Tests

[Dorian Gray]

15. I use the Binax Now

tests. I have a whole stack of them at home. We bought ten packs. But they're 24.99, so we spent 250$ on them. I test myself once a week, while my daughter and husband get tested at their schools once a week.

They are expensive enough to get people NOT to use them. I think it's important, so I've spent the money. But I also live in NYC in a neighborhood where people prioritize this, and I have the means to spend the money.

I also work with kids in underserved communities, and they DON'T have the means to spend on a test whenever they want to.

Luckily, we have a ton of mobile vans that test in NYC and they're free. But for PCR results it can take 24-48 hours.

All this to say, we needed cheap/free testing a YEAR ago, and that we STILL don't have it available to the majority of the american population is BS.

Schools should do testing to stay once exposed. But it's too expensive.