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COVID Testing Troubles

Title (Dublin Core)

COVID Testing Troubles

Description (Dublin Core)

I needed to submit a negative COVID test in order to go back to my apartment, so I went to a free drive-thru COVID test at my local community college. The lines were long, but surprisingly quick. However, I was surprised that I was not given a straw to spit my saliva into the tube with. In my previous COVID tests at my college, a straw was given. I had a bunch of saliva saved up in my mouth in anticipation, but I when I got my tube, I spit saliva on everything but the tube. My pants were drenched in my own spit, it was nasty. It was also kind of hard and awkward to drive through the line and spit at the same time. However, I was really impressed at how fast and efficient the testing process was.
I ran into another issue later, when I got my test results via text but not through my official patient portal. I had to wait on call for around 20 minutes to request that my results be uploaded so that I could send proof of a PCR COVID test to my university. Despite these mild hiccups, I encourage people to get tested regularly if they think they have been in contact, or have symptoms.

Date (Dublin Core)

January 28, 2020

Creator (Dublin Core)

Tina Chang

Contributor (Dublin Core)

Tina Chang

Event Identifier (Dublin Core)

HSE

Partner (Dublin Core)

Arizona State University

Type (Dublin Core)

text story

Controlled Vocabulary (Dublin Core)

English Healthcare
English Community & Community Organizations
English Home & Family Life
English Humor

Curator's Tags (Omeka Classic)

COVID-19
testing
spit test
accident
community college
PCR COVID-19 test
symptom
awkward

Contributor's Tags (a true folksonomy) (Friend of a Friend)

COVID-19 test
drive thru
saliva test
HSE

Collection (Dublin Core)

English Humor
English Healthcare

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Date Submitted (Dublin Core)

1/28/2021

Date Modified (Dublin Core)

1/29/2021

Date Created (Dublin Core)

1/28/2021

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This item was submitted on January 28, 2021 by Tina Chang using the form “Share Your Story” on the site “A Journal of the Plague Year”: https://covid-19archive.org/s/archive

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