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BumRushDaShow

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13. I just added an excerpt of an article in the local Philly paper that just got published this p.m.
Fri Jan 14, 2022, 08:12 PM
Jan 2022

The postal service employees are apparently going to be "assembling" the boxes of test kits to ship out... Meaning apparently the manufacturers may have shipped components without the retail packaging and these components will be re-packaged into USPS shipping boxes.

I don't know if USPS is actually going to have specialty boxes with unique logos indicating HHS (or some government identifier) or will use their regular shipping boxes/sleeves but it almost hearkens back to these days -



(which makes me wonder if they will have a HHS logo on there somewhere)

This is great, but why wasn't it done 2 months or more ago? HUAJIAO Jan 2022 #1
Because even though something is "free" to the public BumRushDaShow Jan 2022 #5
You are awesome! Marthe48 Jan 2022 #7
You are welcome! BumRushDaShow Jan 2022 #9
Echoing your response. n/t ChazII Jan 2022 #12
Check out what I found out - I added to the OP comments BumRushDaShow Jan 2022 #14
Good to know Marthe48 Jan 2022 #18
Looks like it is one of those "partnership" things (for the pilot) BumRushDaShow Jan 2022 #19
Not only that, but demand is very high COL Mustard Jan 2022 #15
Scientists are recommending that folks not symptomatic not do tests to save the bulk for people who Alexander Of Assyria Jan 2022 #2
7-10 days shipping time is the standard Deminpenn Jan 2022 #3
Are they shipping by our postal service? Mr DeJoy will slow them down. JustABozoOnThisBus Jan 2022 #4
I just added an excerpt of an article in the local Philly paper that just got published this p.m. BumRushDaShow Jan 2022 #13
That's a lot of cheese COL Mustard Jan 2022 #16
LOL BumRushDaShow Jan 2022 #17
Many of us got the cheese Marthe48 Jan 2022 #22
I know my godbrother had some BumRushDaShow Jan 2022 #23
If you want efficient mass distribution, hire the AOL guy who sent 20 AOL CDs to every American. keithbvadu2 Jan 2022 #6
Great, but they should be available in bulk at every pharmacy and grocery store nationwide Orrex Jan 2022 #8
Unless the manufacturing process is all robots BumRushDaShow Jan 2022 #11
Thanks for this info. Have bookmarked the website. iluvtennis Jan 2022 #10
This ignores those without internet connections nitpicker Jan 2022 #20
Unfortunately the NYT didn't have all the details but from another Philly Inquirer article BumRushDaShow Jan 2022 #21
glad the government is using USPS for this gopiscrap Jan 2022 #24
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